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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
TWO CENTS.
IRON WILL BE CHEAP.
A Gigantic War in Iron Ore About to
be Inaugurated.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-THE Tribune says:
The Iron Ore association which has con-
trolled prices and fixed the output of Lake
Superior iron mines. stands directly in the
away every combination and pool in the
iron and steel trade for the division OF
business and the maintenance of prices
What the acknowledgements combi-
nation will do in the ore pool will become
manifest within a fortnight. The first an
of large sales of ore for delivery during
the coming season of navigation without
regard to the pool
Even more important than the collapse
of the steel rail pool will be the .nomina-
ton of the ore pool. 1t will mean ter
companies OF Northern Michigan ana
Minnesota.
On all sides the sentiment is general
that the pool cannot be saved. and
incidentally that the same influences which
have wrecked every iron and steel com
,bination in existence at the beginning OF
the year will prevent the iron mining
companies from reaching an agreement
In the war the two great companies VIII
be the Minnesota Iron company. with
Superior Iron Consolidated Mines. con-
trolled by John d. Rockefeller
While every range in the Lake Superior
region will be vitality effected by the out
break of hoStilitieS. the battle ground VIII
be the Mesaba range, where the leaders
meet
There are 300 900. 600 tons of ore in sight
in the MeSaba range. The Rockefeller
holdings. either in fee under lease. in
GLIDING the fee of the Mountain Iron
mine which has been recently leased TO
the Carnegie Steel company. no doubt ap-
held by people who have no connection
with Mr.. Rockefeller's interests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
ICE 40 FEET HIGH.
The Greatest Ice Gorge Ever
Known In the Ohio River.

Evansville. Ind. Feb. 1.-THE greatest
ice gorge ever seen in the Ohio river now
exists at this point and is being witnessed
by thousands. The river is one solid gorge
of ice from shore to shore and as far up
and down the stream as the eye can
reach. The stage of water is "a feet and
rising.
Trees, logs. lumber and all sorts of
debris is wedged in the ice. many of the
trees in an upright position. No water
is visible anywhere except now and then
little pool along the masses of ice which
river
The blockade practically extends from
Newburgh above all the way around the
great Horse Shoe Bend to Henderson KY
twelve miles below. At Henderson the
ice is piled up against the Louisville and
Nashville railway bridge to a height or
40 feet and the structure will surely &C
when the gorge breaks loose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
PEOPLE KEPT FAR AWAY.
Police Would Not Allow the Public
to Use the Streets:

New York Feb. lit was more diff
cult to obtain entrance to the Waldorf
last night than it had been to get invi-
tationS to the Bradley Martin costume
ball The police were greatly impressed
by the Importance of the Occa sion. There
were as many of the finest" on duty
around the hotel as there were courtiers
of the Three Louis who finally reached
the ball room. These police were under
the command of the second officer of
the force, Deputy Chief Cartwright. The
people longing for a glimpse of the gilt
ter and finery were kept at a distance.
Even staid old millionaires who live
under the shadow of the Waldorf We're
Intercepted on their way home from
business or the club and turned back.
More than one of these old gentlemen
wanted to know how much Bradley
Martin had paid for the streets of the
city.
But to protest was vain. The police
declared that it was necessary TO close
the streets, else those hidden to the ball
could not cross the trocha of citizens of
this great metropolis. That was literal
ly true for no such gathering of sight
SeerS has been maSsed in the leading
thOrOughfare of New York in many a
day-not, indeed, since the Sherman
funeral procession.
And the police were firm, though po-
lite They were hedge of swords, but
the swords were sheathed.
In all, Deputy Chief Cartwright had
So uniformed men. Three times that
number of detectives in citizens cloth
ing skirted the crowd, keenly on the
alert for possible attack.
Berry Wall became wedged in the
crowd and his costume looked. when he
escaped, as if it had been through a
mangle.
4 went to school with Bradley Mar
tin" said he. Il did not know he had
become such great man that I could
not look at him without permission"
Berry was very, very much put out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
BILLS PASSED TO-DAY.
Measures by the Senate That Now Go
to the House.

The following bills were passed by
the senate this morning and will now
go to the house:
BY Senator Forney-An act providing
for the vacating of streets, alleys and
public reservations and the changing
of the corporate boundaries of cities.
BY Senator Farrely-An act remov-
ing the political disabilities of all per
sons who served in the southern army,
emitting such persons to the right to
vote and hold office.
BY Senator Householder-An act in
relation to the pharmacy law, provid
ing that certificates of registration may
be annually renewed by the payment of
a fee of 81 to the secretary of the
board of pharmacy, and giving the
board the power to issue certificates to
applicants without examination when
satisfied of his or her moral fitness and
sobriety. It further provides that
every registered pharmacist who shall
change his or her place of residence,
may have the same changed on the Off
cial register by enclosing a fee of so
cents to the secretary of the board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
POTTER FOR PRESIDENT.
The New Yorker Will be President of
the L. A. w.

A1banv. n. Y. Feb. 11-Previous to
the session of the l. A w. this morn
ing a ratificat ton meeting of the Potter
faction was held at the Stanwix hotel
The following slate was agreed upon:
President, Isaac B. Potter of New
York; first vice president, E G Nor
rison of Wis eonsin; second vice presi-
dent. C. Fran Kirke of New Jersey:
treasurer. E. @ osmo1oslxy of Iowa.
The second days session of the l. A
w assembly "A as devoted entirely to
business pertain ng to the Orga niZat ton
election of officers. etc The attendance
was much larger tnan on any pG ee,,Tsel-
submitted their rep orts- Ihat OF FEesl-
dent Elliott shows present menu er-
cent over that of 1S9 s. The balance in
the treasury is $4,000
MY experience sa Us the president,
has fully satisfied m that the most
effective way to sprea the gospel of
good roads, is throug. the regular
standard publications. which are read
Our good roads mon thly While II
proves a valuable help, is not success
as a missionary for the re ason that II
was taken and read only bS those peo-
pie who already agree with the sentl-
Last April 1 closed an arr angenent
with the Canadian customs a 'thorltles
by which members OF the 1t 'ague o.
American Wheelmen are perm TIED TO
enter wheels into Canada withe nut the
payment of duty is ordinarily srequlr-
Il believe that one of the most a vail
able remedies for the disease of bic. vcle
kleptomania is to pass laws which ' i'll
insure very severe penalties for tn IS
kind of theft.
THE value of the newspapers to the
cause of the L. A W. cannot be over
estimated. The organization is men
toned millions of times during the year
and the impression given the reader is
usually favorable. The various press
bureaus esta blished in some of the
states are a potent influence towards
the acquiring of new members"
The report of Secretary Abbott Bas-
set of Boston, deals more in detail
with the subjects of membership road
making in the various states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
ARMY OF FLORISTS.
Result of their Efforts at the Bradley
Martin Ball.

New York Feb. 1.-THE order which
I received for flowers from the Bradley
Martins for their grand ball kept $500
persons busy for weeks said J. H
Small, the florist. His establishment
was crowded with workmen. He ex-
pIa1ned that many thousands of roses.
plants and vines were to go into the
adornments, and that at least a hun
dred different greenhouses had been
taxed to their utmost capacities to fur
nish the material The owners of these
greenhouses have not only been employ
ing large forces of extra men and wo-
men, but established auxiliary plants at
great expense, necesSitating the employ
ment of gardeners from the country,
drivers and farmers and even boys and
girls, who were brought up in the rural
districts and who know how to attend
to flowers.
AS an example," said Mr. Small, ''it
need only be stated that 10000 yards of
asparagus vine were used. This is the
most delicate vine known. Mrs. Martin
insisted that only the very best of pink
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11

and green should go into the floral dec
Orations- 1t was all pink and green"
One of the main features was an inni
tatiOn of the Louis XVI. ladies' pocket.
This is cone-Shaped tied in front with
immense pink silk bows. The pockets
proper are made of fine wicker and are
80 inches long. Besides the bows each
contained 100 orchids of the rareSt quail
ity- There are so of the pockets and
they were hung over and around the
mirrors in the main room. The north
ern end of the room was adorned with
asparagus vine also entwined about or
chids.
All told there were more than five
thousand of the orchids. There were
also five thousand pink roses of darker
hue to adOrn the balconies.
The dais upon which Mrs. Martin
stood in her reception room was bow
er of roses and orchids. The mirror OPP
posite the dais was hung with five hun
dred lOng-Stemmed American Beauties.
Long, trailing tapestry of pink satin
was on either side of the mirror.
The cafe, garden and dining room dec
orations consisted of the American
beauties and asparagus vines. The walls
were hung with Florida smilaX, lilacs,
forsythia, deutzia, lilies of the valley
tulips, narcissus, swansonia and antir-
rhinum.
1t is in the dressing rooms that the
florist triumphed in his art. There the
choicest pick of the market was dis
played Among other flowers that
adorned these rooms were the long, yell
low acacia, plumosia and delicate pink
bOnganVillia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
WASHINGTONs DAIRY GONE
Two Young Men are Arrested for
Stealing It.

Washington. Feb. 11.-Philip McElhone.
son of the late J. J. McElhone, for five
years official reporter of the house of
representatives, and Lewis w. Turner,
both employees of the Congressional Ii
brary. have been arrested by secret serv-
ice officers charged with larceny of auto
graph letters from the library. Both men
asserted their innocence and were held by
the United States commissioner in $1,000
bail pending examination
The arrests were the results of a letter
of inquiry from New York autograph
dealer who stated that he had bought
certain historical autograph letters and
offered more but had become SuS
picious lest they might have been alb
stracted from government files. An in
vestigation by Librarian Spofford dis
closed that many letters were missing
from the library. among them the diary
of George Washington of the year of 1877,
the year of the constitutional convention,
and letters of John Hancock. Benjamin
Arnold and George Washington
When examined by the treasury depart-
ment secret service officers the young
men admitted having sold the papers bur
disclaimed having stolen them. Turner
declared that he found them outside the
capitol building and McElhone said that
Turner had represented to him that the
mother-in-law, Mrs Miller. now dead. He
said that something less than a hundred
letters had been sold to New York deal
ers for about $500. Both are young men or
hitherto good reputation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
1T PASSES.
The Bill to Abolish the Metro
pOlitan Police Board
Goes Through the House Two
to One.
VOTE STANDS 81 TO 26
The Bill Will Now 60 to the
Senate.
Home Rule for Cities May Be
Within Sight.

The house this forenoon passed the
Hackbusch bill repeating the metropol-
itan police law by a vote of 81 to 26.
The bill will now go to the senate.
The vote in detail was as follows:
Gentlemen voting in favor of the pas
sage of the bill were:
Messrs. Aker, Barley, Basgall, Bean,
Bennett, Brooke. Brown of Greeley,
Buell., Carr, Cassin, Conger, Crosby
Cubbison, Davis, Dingus, Farrell, Feigh-
ner, Finney, Foley, GieSsler, Graves, Gray,
Grimes, Hackbusch. Hackney, Har-
baugh, Hickman. Heminger, Hollem-
beak, Ingle, Irwin, jackson of Com
anche, Jameson, JaQuins, johnson of
Chase. johnson of Labette. Johnson of
Nemaha, Jones, Keefer, Kelson, Lam
bert of Lincoln, Lambert of Lyon,
LOOMS, Marks, McGrath, McKeever,
Merrill, Moore. Montgomery, Muenzen-
mayer, Outcalt, Palenske. Patton, RAJ
venscraft. Rutledge. Seaton. Seaver.
Smith of Brown, Stevens Stuart, Tap
scott, Try, Walters, Wehrle, Weilep,
Williams, Wright and Mr.. Speaker
Street.
Gentlemen voting in the negative
were:
Bacon, Baker Clark, Dewitt, Epper-
son, Fell Fouts, Fulton, Gates, Giles
pie, Goodno, Henley, Hibner. Jackson
of Harvey, Larimer, Longley, Malin,
Mccarthy, Mott, Poison, Reed, Rich
ards, Shouse. Smith of Sherman, St0-
ner, Trueblood.
Gentlemen absent or not voting were
Armstrong, Botkin,, Bradley, Brown
of Cowley, Brown of Pratt, Burkholder
Burtis,, Dalton, Doyle, Ernst, Fairchild,
Lawson, Lewis. Lobdell, Marty. Max
well, Metzler, Perry, RothweiIer, Russell
Simmons, Singleton, Taylor, Turner
Nogelgesang, Wallace. Ward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
A CUT OF go PER CENT.
Senate Committee Offers to Compro-
mise on Rates With Railroads.

There is probability of a compro
mise between the senate committee on
railroads and the railway companies of
this state in the matter of fixing a max
imum schedule of rates to be used as
a basis by the board of railroad COM
missioners. The subcommittee, ap-
pointed to arrange the schedule of rates,
has notified the officers of the principal
Kansas lines that if the railway com
panieS will agree to- a reduction of 20
per cent from the freight rates now in
existence, such reduced rates will be
agreed upon as the maximum schedule
provided that the railway companies
will also agree that no reduction will
be made in the wages or number of
their employees on account of the maxi
mum rate, and that no legal action will
be taken against the maximum rate
law
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
IN THREE FEET OF SNOW.
The Sheriff's Posse Follow the Peach
Springs Train Robber.

Kingman, Ariz., Feb. 1.-THE posse
in pursuit of the train robber is COM
pletely worn out. The manhunters
followed the trail through snow three
feet deep and early yesterday morning
closed in on the fugitive about forty
miles north of the railroad. The lat
ter was pressed so closely that he aban-
doned one of his horses and took to the
woods. Several shots were exchanged,
but no one was injured.
Sheriff Cameron of Coconimo county
has a car load Of fresh horses this
morning to take up the trail, and be-
fore night it is thought the man will
be surrounded. He is known to be
desperate character Warrants are out
for the arrest of several men suspected
of being accessories to the hold-up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
KANSAS A. P. A. MEETS.
In Session at Wichita-To Meet at
Topeka in May.

Wichita, Feb. 1.-THE state council
of the A P. A met in this city yester-
day. Great interest was manifested but
very little or nothing could be learned
careful estimation it was found that
there are $4,000 members in the eastern
half of the state.
The following officers for the ensuing
year were elected C. H. Luling, state
president; A. r. Hoffman, vice presi-
dent; ]. F. Culver, secretary of state;
r. L. Kepling, chaplain; F. H. Barker,
secretary; George Pickard, treasurer;
d. E. Metzger, sergeant-at-arms; H D.
Heisman, guard; A. d. Hubbard, senti-
mel; Fred Holman, A. D. Hubbard and
J.. G. Mccall, trustees; Frank Williams,
delegate to supreme council at Kansas
City, which meets in May. Topeka
was selected as the next meeting place
of the grand council.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
OHIO AT DANGER LINE.
Che River Fast Verging on Overflow
ing its Banks.

Cincinnati, Feb. 1.-THE Ohio is fast
verging on the danger line, which is As
feet.
Between and 10 o'clock last night
the water rose four inches; between 10
and IL O'Clock, three inches, the stage at
II O'Clock being recorded at the water
works as thirty-eight feet seven inches
Reports from all the tributaries are
that the waters are swollen by the heavy
rains and melting snow and ice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
SOL MILLER ILL.
The Veteran Kansas Editor in a Crit
cal Condition.

Troy, Kan, Feb. 11.-SoI Miller, the
Nestor of Kansas journalism and pub
Usher of the Troy Chief. is critically ill
with grip and heart trouble Mr.. Miller
is so years of age. Although he has
been confined to his home for two weeks
his condition has not been critical until
now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
20 seamen Drowned.

Glasgow, Feb. LIT is now stated
that 20 members of the crew of the
British steamer Cayanus were drowned
in the wreck of that vessel near
Ushante, France. The vessel was bound
from Bilboa to this port.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11

All the different forms of skin trou-
bles, from chapped hands to eczema
and indolent ulcers can be readily
cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
the great pile cure. G. w. Stansfield,
632 Kan. Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
Against Tom Watson.

washington. Feb. 1.-THE committee
on elections today unanimously author
lied a report in the Watson-Black con-
tested election case in favor of the sit
ting member.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
CARSON GETS THE FIGHT.

Carson. New. Feb. 11.-Carson will have
the fight. Dan Stuart has so announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
DR.. RYDER Elected.

Wichita Feb. 11.-Dr. L. A Ryder was
elected general president of the Fraternal
Aid association today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11
Mineral Water.

The finest in the west. Come and try It.
J. w. PHILLIPS. 6l2 ". Eighth Ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-11

Shirts. collars and cuffs Iaundered
to look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry. liz aid ia West 3th. st.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-10
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.

1t is not easy 10 say just what should be
done for the revival of the American ship
ping, as there are grave impediments in the
wav of the one-time simple remedy of dis.
eliminating duties; but the urgent neces-
sIty that some hing should be attempted
is made manifest by the history OF the re-
markable decline OF our merchant marine.
Very few figures are necessary to show
how disproportionate is the amount OF
merchandise We carry across the ocean
when compared with our commercial
greatness.
When we first became Nation the tom
mage carried by American ships was 123,-
S93. and under the stim ulus OF discrimi-
mating duties in the first quarter OF CEN
tury it had increased 10 854 295. Then be-
gan gradual abolition of the discrimlna-
tions, the dates of The successive acts being
1915, 1917, 1924, 1923. In the forty years
before the abolition OF the duties the per-
ntage of imports carried by our ships
lad increased little over five-fold and OF
exports three-fold, the two together rep
| reseniing an enlargement of our tonnage
from less than quarter OF the whole to
nine-tenths of it.
In the single year 1929, after the total
doing away of the discrimination, there
was a fall from 757, 998 tons to 592, $50 tons,
and for a year or two the decline continued
at a rapid rate. Then began the i'm
| mensely swift development Of the coun-
try, ana the aggregate of tons swelled to
big figures in spit OF the lack OF protec-
tion to our vessels; but while the total
tonnage became very large the percentage
OF the whole trade which we handled was
still far short of what it should have been.
The climax OF our ocean carrying was in
1861, when the tonnage reached 2, 494, 1874,
but this was only go per cent of the whole,
and was a great drop from the 80 per cent
of the third of century back. 1t sounds
strange, but it is true that American ves-
sells carried less tons absolutely last year
than they did in 1915. We now bring to
the country in American bottoms only
about Is per cent of the whole, and carry
out but 81 per cent.
So great and progressive country as
this can never let this matter rest until it
has solved the pro blem of how 10 revive
our carrying trade and make it commen-
surate with our general prosperity.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-10
TRAFFIC FACILITIES.

The dependence OF the trade of the
world on facilities OF transportation makes
the calculations of experts in such mat
ters as to what may be mplished in
the near future in the reduction of cost OF
long-distance carrying q very encouraging
study. Particularly is this the case in regard
to what may b. expected in our own coun-
try in the way Of connecting the Middle
West with the sea board and cheapening g
the haul across the Nevada Mountains.
The present rapid development of trans.
portation in other lands, whose resources
have long lain dormant, makes it of su-
preme Importance that the products of
our great Central West be enabled to reach
markets with low freights in order that
We may not be completely shut out in the
coming competition.
Particularly dangerous is going to be
the rivalry of Russia, who is now perfect
ing immense schemes in the way OF i'm
proved facilities for traffic. Her great
Trans Siberian Railway, connecting Eu-
rope with the Pacific Ocean, the projected
canal to join the Baltic to the Black Sea,
and the developments OF the trans. Cau-
casian communications, are enterprises
that are sure to affect our trade to q con-
siderable extent, inasmuch as they will
bring Central Asia into competition with
US.
With the impending rivalry before US it
is gratifying to note that we shall make
progress not less than other nations. 1t
is estimated that with improved methods
OF building, equipment and management,
rqi oh far
less than half the present cost and far be-.
low what canal conveyance would be.
The cost on some of the New York roads
now is as low as the tolls on the great GeH
man Baltic canal, viz, 3.27 mills per ton.
1t has been shown that by lessening the
grades and decreasing the rapidity of the
curves on the road freight could be carried
from Chicago to New York for about SIG
per car--one engine hauling fifty-three
cars of ffteer tons each-making the cost
only IA mills per ton per mile, which
would be about cents per bushel for
wheat. had such improvements in grade
been made five years ago it is computed
that $500, 600, 900 would have been saved
from the wreck OF recent ruined or de-
pressed railroad values Arouts from the
Middle West to New York harbor, it is
calculated. could now be constructed with
such required grades and curves for
$50. 600, 900.
OF special interest to Californians is the
calculation that the grade of the Central
Pacific across the Nevadas, which is NOM
inally l16, but in many places really 125
could be reduced to a maximum OF sew
enty-five feet per mile for the sum of
$4,000 900, and the cost OF hauling thereby
lessened 33 per cent. Considering the
vast expenditures now made in the trans
portation service of the road, it will be
seen the amount estimated for the i'm
provement Is very small in proportion to
the results to be attained