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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

a prima donna soprano singer of New
York The next was a benefit given by
home talent, the Amateur Dramatic
club of Garden City. Both of these
were a success, the people patronized
them literally, feeling a deep interest
in the ladies' effort to start their libra
ry.
Many private contributions of books
have been made, and they have had
liberal donations from our senator, w.
A. Harris, and from Congressman Jerry
Simpson. These were selected books
on geology, Smithsonian reports. and
historical expeditions, as well as many
public documents of value.
They now have about 400 volumes,
having just received their first consign-
ment of new books from Chicago.
Though the times are hard, they still
have enough in the treasury to order
a second bill.
They have fixed upon Saturday, Sep
TENDER IS, to open, as they are thor
oughly organized, having adopted their
constitution.
Their officers are Mrs. DR.. Sabine,
president, with three vice presidents;
Miss Sally Finnut, recording secretary;
Miss Jean Koontz, corresponding Secre-
tary; Mrs. D. r. Menke, treasurer; Mrs.
DR.. Cole, chairman of executive COM
mittee. Their official name is THE La
dies Library association of GardenCity,
Kansas" MRS. COLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

Annex. in speaking of the continued
prosperity of the road in times when
other great transportation companies
have been scarcely able to meet operaI-
ing expenses, said:
1T has been a prosperous year with
US, for we have had no exorbitant in
tereSt payments or mortga geS to meet
and what money we have earned We
have been able to apply on the regular
Semiannual dividend and other fixed
charges of the road For thirty-five
years we have been declaring dividends
that have averaged 6 per cent per an
mum and we have never missed a pay
IIlent.
1T was very gratifying to the man.
agement of the road to see such large
representation of employees who have
purchased through part payments
share each at time" continued Pres
ident Fish. Almost 400 such officers
and employees, other than members of
the board of directors, now own 1869
shares of our capital stock, and 1924
other employees have made partial pay
ments on account Of purchases of stock.
These purchasers are residents OF every
state and almost of every county served
by the road"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
A New Gold Field.

The Cremoline Soap Co., who are in
PRODUCING their famous medicated tot
let soap to the American public make
the following ma gnificeut offer as a
means of advertising CremOline Soap:
To the person who sends us the largest
list of words spelled with the letters in
Cremoline, we will give 5000, in gold.
To the second largest list $100, in gold.
To the third SIS. in gold. To the fourth
$50, in gold. To the fifth $40, in gold
To the sixth $50, in gold. To the sew
enth, $25, in gold. To the eighth $40, in
gold. To the ninth SIS. in gold. To the
tenth $12, in gold, and to each of the
next fifteen we will give a special prize
of a magnificent quadruple plated, gold
lined tea service, valued at $40. To
compete for above prizes send with your
list 25 cents silver, for sample box of
Cremoline, the finest indicated toilet
soap made. Winners of the first twen-
ty-five prizes are expected to purchase
one dozen Cremoline Soap. This con-
test closes October 5th, 1897. Only Eng
lish words may be used. Foreign and
obsolete words. proper names prefixes
and affixes are barred. Use each letter
only as often as it appears in Ca-emoline.
Cut this out it will not appear again.
Address all replies to
CREMOLINE SOAP CO.
st. Louis Mo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
SANTA FEE EARNINGS.
Second Annual Report Makes a Good
Showing.

New York, Sept. 1S.-The second an
nual report of the Atch1son, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway company for the ifs
cal year ending June 80, 1897, was made
public last evening. The following is a
summary of the operations of the sys-
tenn for the fiscal year:
The total earnings from opera ton.
$50, 621, 230. 10; total operating expenses,
$22, 1867, 81; net earnings, $7,754, 041.29
receipts from other sources, 1854, 499. 90;
net revenue, SIS. Dos, SAC. 3S: taxes, rentals
and other charges, 81, 947, 236. rs: balance
applicable to fixed charges. 81. O61, sos. IS;
fixed interest charges, 81. Sos, 858. 03; total
surplus for fiscal year, 81, 452. AS. 80; sur
plus for preceding six months, $3.50, 781;
total surplus to June 80, 1897, 81, 603,-
226. so.
The net earnings from operations
show an increase of 1926, 1859 as compar-
The percentage of operating expenses
to earnings was 74.6S, a decrease of 1.43
per cent from the previous fiscal year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

over 2 million bushels increase was the
figure.
Chicago: Exporters took 24s, 200 bushels
wheat and 81, 200 bushels al out ports: 49,
900 bushels corn and $500 bushels oats.
Chicago: Baldwin and Farnum sold
December wheat at SIC.
Bank statement: Reserve, decrease, So
US, $50; loans, Increases. 81 669, 900: specie.
decrease, $349. 500; legal tenders. decrease.
$7,972, 900; deposits, decrease, Sc, 49, 400 cir
culation, increase, 1921, 200.
Chicago: Receipts today: Winter
wheat 145 cars; spring wheat. 101 cars;
total, 246 cars; grade. % cars: corn. SIG
cars, grade $50 cars; oats, 405 cars, grade
so cars.
Northwestern receipts: This year, Min
neapolis 312 cars. Duluth S31 cars. total
1.143 cars: last year, Minneapolis 391 cars.
Duluth 744 cars, total lbs cars.
Liverpool: Wheat. 11Ad lower.
Receipts of hogs today: Chicago. u, 900
head: Kansas City, 1000 head; Omaha, A.,
500 head.
Liverpool: Cash wheat. closing steady;
No. northern, No. red and No Cali
Flax: cash, S1.05: cash. northwest.
$107A aI1.O5l2 December, S1.07121t10ll4.
now S1.O713; May, $1.111a.
Exports four ports: Wheat. 415.O00
bushels: -four, 561S4 barrels, corn. 533, 016
bushels: rye, 1880 bushels; wheat and
-four, $4,000 bushels.
Puts December wheat. 91Ad912sc: calls.
December wheat. 9414 d945sc; puts Decem-
Der corn. 295sc: calls December corn, 30lz
@303sc; puts December pork, $500; calls,
December pork, $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
TOPEKA FIRE ALARM KEY.

81 Morse and Jackson Streets.
IS Kansas Avenue and Railroad Street
sc Gordon and Taylor Streets.
e Laurent and Harrison Street
So Grant Street and Topeka Avenue
go IA Street and Topeka Avenue
IL Kansas avenue and Second Street
s14 No. l Fire Station
SIX Monroe and KiouS Streets
SIC Kansas Avenue and Garfield Street
II kansas and Tenth Avenues
Il Kansas Avenue and Thirteenth ST
10 Kansas and Euclid Avenues
u Crane and Adams Streets.
% No. Fire Station.
- Lake Street and East Sixth Avenua
a Fourth and Branner Streets
* Seventh and Holiday Streets
56 Eighth and Madison Streets
- tenth Ave. and Sac and Fox ROAD
Is Seventeenth and Jefferson Streets
a sixth and Topeka Avenues.
% sixth Avenue and Clay Street
"a No 3 Fire Station
a Western Avenue and Ninth STRAIT
* Tenth and Topeka Avenues.
~ Fourth and Taylor Streets.
n Nc Fire Station.
IS Twelfth and Taylor Streets.
3e Van Buren, and Eleventh Street,
Il Van Buren, and Twelfth Streets.
- Euclid Avenue and Buchanan Street
"a TThirt zenith and Lane Streets
a. Eleventh Street and Morris Aven11a
46 Seventh and Lane Streets
q Topeka Avenue and Third Street.
81 Quincy Street, north of Crane Street
% Eleventh and Monroe Streets
IS Tenth Avenue and Lawrence Street
"a Fourth and Lafayette Streets.
121 Klein and Seward Avenues.
123 40S East Sixth Avenue, Bus Barn
IA Euclid and College Avenues.
sBoxeS North of River.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
"Ln ROAD TO CHICAGO.
Electricity the Motive Power and
Eight Hours the Running Time.

New York, Sept. 1S.-If the plans of
the Transcontinental Railway cOmpa-
ny are carried out the time between
New York and Chicago will be reduced
just two-thirds of a day. That is,
where it now requires twenty-four
hours for the trip only eight will be
necessary. A charter was given to the
company by the Illinois legislature in
June 1895. 1t was capitalized at 3d.,
900 900. Lysander Hill, of Chicago,
patent attorney, of Chicago, is its pres
ident.
1t is to be a through route run by
electricity on elevated tracks. No stops
will be made. On Saturday in the re-
corder's office of Chicago was filed a
trust deed with the Equitable Trust
company trustee. 1t provides for
the issuance of not more than 800 000,
900 fifty-year per cent gold bonds to
construct the road 1t sets forth that
the company is engaged in building a
double track elevated electric railway
from Chicago to Jersey City. The COM
pany will issue corporate bonds dated
September 1, 1897. and to mature Sep
TENDER 1, 1947, of $1,000 each, with inter
est at per cent. This would mean the
issue of about $50, 900 900 in bonds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
new GOLD FIELD.
Wonderful Strike Reported
Near Mount Baker-Big
Rush EnSueS.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. 1S.-Sums, the ter
minal of the Seattle and International
railroad at the Canadian border, is in
condition of widest excitement over the
reports that are brought from a newly
discovered quartz district eight miles
south of the international line northeast
of Mount Baker and 40 miles from Sums.
Samples of the free milling ore brought
to this city for assay are reported to run
high $4,000 in gold to the ton. The
infection is spreading and parties in this
city preparing to leave for the Mount
Baker mines. Mining experts in Seattle
say that they believe the reports and that
the discoveries are in a district that is
simply a continuation of the Okanogan,
MethoW, Slate Creek and Ruby Creek
districts across the northern tier of coun-
ties in the state. Sums is practically de-
populated and every man who can get
outfit and a horse is leaving for the
mines. If the reports are confirmed
there will likely be a great excitement,
as the mines can be reached and worked
all the year round, good roads and trails
leading to within few miles of the new
mines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
SIMPSON AT SEDALIA.
The Kansas Congressman Predicts a
Great Panic.

Sedalia, Sept. R.-Between 5000 and
5000 persons attended the Pettis county
fair yesterday, Congressman Jerry
Simpson pleased his mixed audience
immensely.
Mr.. Simpson was met at the Union
depot on his arrival here by several
hundred persons, many of whom wore
white badges upon which was printed.
Simpson and Prosperity Without
Famine" His speech was chiefly de-
voted to denunciation of the money
power, Mark Hanna, the Dingley bill
and the gold standard. He made the
prediction that the country was upon
the eve of the greatest panic in many
years, and, unless different legislation
was enacted, utter ruin would be upon
all except the millionaires inside of six
months. In conclusion he served notice
upon the Democratic party that he
would not be with it in the campaign of
1900 if it did not embrace in it's platform
several plankS embraced in the last
Populist platform, including govern
ment ownership of railroads and tele-
graph lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
UN1FoRm SYSTEM OF SIGNALS
Plans for the Better Pr election of
Railway Traffic.

New York, Sept. 18.-The railway sig
nal club of the United States is hold
ing it's annual meeting in the Grand
Union hotel This club is composed of
signal engineers of various railways of
the United States. Charles Hesnel NJ.
Am Soc c. E, will present a paper en-
titled "A Moral and Physical Agent in
Safe Railway Operation This meet
ing of the Signal club is of unusual in
terest. as it is expected that formal ac-
ton will be taken looking to the es abb
Hshment of uniform system of design
ing and installing interlocking and sig
nal work for the protection of traffic.
The accidents recently in Colorado
and Kansas, in which many lives were
lost and much valuable property des-
troyed, have awakened the interest of
the public in the work of the Signal
club, and, although the office of the sig
nal engineer is a recent development in
this country. the progressive railway
ger recognizes the great value and
necessity of the office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal
Chicago, Sept. 10.

Chicago, Sept. Is.
Wheat opened easy at nc decline from
yesterdays closing. Liverpool cables
were off 11a@15sd, equal to 2-3@2 cents
per bushel, which is more on some flu
lures than the decline here yesterday
Statistical news was of mixed charac-
ter. Clearances for the week were g.
$4,000 bushels, the largest this year
FroStS We're reported last night in upper
Illinois and Indiana AMI lower Michigan
On the other hand, both local and
northwest receipts were heavy. Mime
apolis and Duluth reported LAP cars
against 759 cars last week, and 1,135 a
year ago. Chicago receipts were 246
cars The trading during the morning
was unimportant, with a rather bearish
feeling manifested.
December opened at s1% @917sc, sold
TO 92c and declined slowly to 91kc.
Corn, though opening easy was not
so weak as the traders expected. Corn
cables We're off almost as much as
wheat, and frosts had apparently done
no damage, the crop being too far adj
vanced. Weekly exports were 1901, 900
bushels. There was some liquidation
but shorts bought steadily and kept the
market firm for awhile. It declined la
ter, however, when wheat commenced
to sag. Receipts We're $50 cars. De-
cember opened A63sc lower, at 1890
soc, sold at S0Q301sc and declined to
295sc.
Oats were almost stagnant. The mar
ket was weak, following corn. Receipts
were heavy, 4O5 cars. December opened
1sc lower, at 201ec, and declined to
20Hc.
Provisions were very quiet. Little at
tention was paid to yellow fever news,
and prices were favorably affected by
the firm hog market. Shorts were fair
buyers. The opening was easy with the
grain markets. December pork opened
21zc lower, at $3.50, and advanced to
IS. 321h; December lard opened 21Ac low
er, at s4.65, and sold at $4.6714; Deem
Der ribs opened 21ac lower, at $4.S5, and
advanced to $4.S712.
BARLEY-Cash No. 8, 2S045c.
RYE-Cash and September, 461Ac; De-
cember 4Sc; May, Size
FLAX-Cash N. w, $1.0714; Deem
Der. S1.07H; May, $1.111s.
TIMOTRY-Cash, $3.50; September,
$780, October, $2621A; March, $3.50.
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GOV. CLICKS HERD.
At One Time Sold $500 Cows to
Butchers for Beef

The Atchison Champion says: Ex-
Gov. Click is the only man in Kansas
who has kept his high grade of cattle
up to the full standard of exceIency
through all the depression in the bust
ness of breeding the best grades of
stock Gov. Click commenced the cat
tie business in 1871 with the idea of
raising thoroughbred blooded cattle.
During the twenty-six years he has
been in the business many Kansas cat
tie breeders became discourse ed, but
Gov. Click kept steadily on at it, not
withstanding the fall in prices when he
sold $4,000 COWS to butchers in Atchison
for beef.
Gov Click put up the first windmill
in this county on his Shannon farm. and
had the first timothy meadow and put
in the first corn lister and the first
smoothing harrow. He is now making
several improvements on the Shannon
hill farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
Chicago Livestock Market.

Chicago, Sept. IS.
HOGS-Receipts today, 1000; left
over, $500; market strong and higher
than yesterdays average. Light, $500
04.40; mixed, $3.S504. 35; heavy, $1,000
4.S0; rough, $3.70@3 80.
CATTLE-Receipts, 700; weak and
unchanged
SHEEP-Steady; 5000.
HOGS-OfficiaI receipts yesterday, 49,
1853; shipments, $500.
CATTLE-Receipts 1921; shipments
1857
SHEEP-Receipts, 1,543; shipments,
5,O01
Estimated receipts hogs Monday, 80,
O0O
Native sheep, 81. 5004.1 westerns, SO. 90
40; lambs, So 60@5.70.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
EDWARDS SEES BAKER.
Editor of the Larned Chronicle Urged
for Postm master.

Leavenworth, Sept. Sex Secretary
of State w. c. Edwards of Larned,
dropped into the city yesterday and
had a long conference with Senator Ba-
kerr He was accompanied by T. j.
Davis editor of the Larned Chronicle,
who is a candidate for postmaster at
that place. Mr.. Edwards is backing
Mr.. Davis to finish in the contest for
the position and he feels confident that
his man will win.
Senator Baker was informed of all
Mr.. Davis strong points, and was urg-
ed to recommend him for the place. The
commission of the Democrat now hold
ing the place does not expire for several
months, and Senator Baker will have
long time to think over the nice things
Mr.. Edwards said to him about his
friend
Mr. Edwards was asked if he was a
candidate for governor. He replied: Il
don't know much about it just now.
Next year is the time to be a candidate;
then I'll consider it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
BABY INCUBATORS.
Model System of Treatment for Veni<
and Sfckly Infants.

Model System of Treatment for Veni<
and SfckIy Infants.
A model institution for treatment of
weakly infants was opened for private
inspection at the Victoria era exhibit
tom It is divided into three sections.
One for the offices of the medical men
and nurses in charge, one for nursery,
and in the central room are the nickel
plated and plate-glass incubators in
which Infants are laid ON little white
coverlets, placed upon wire hammocks.
Before entering these, through a pipe
four inches in, diameter, air is mois-
tened by passing through a sheet of
antiseptic absorbent wool. 1t then
passes through dry WOOL which, re-
tains the SCOT and impurities of the at
moSphere. The air then traverseS am
other pipe TO the center of the incu-
bator- On this orifice is disk for uni
formly distributing the air; above all
is a chimney with a revolving fan, which
forces exhausted air to escape Und-
form heating is produced from an ex-
ternal boiler, circulation being effected
by a copper pipe leading under the
hammock. thermostat ON the wall
Is connected with a chain which sus-
Ponds an aluminium cone lid over the
lamp of the boiler, and its expansions
and coRtractionS autoTna tically con-
troll the temperature to the degree to
which the apparatus is set. A Their
mometer and hygrometer inside the
glass door indicates respectively the
temperature and moisture of the air
within. The capacity of the handsome
little incuba tors is less than q cubic
yard.-Chicago Inter Ocean,
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DODGE c1TYs wArERwoRKs.
About $4,000 to be Spent in I'M
proven entS

Dodge City, Sept 1S-Geo. NJ. My
ers of Kansas City, owner of the Dodge
City waterworks and electric light plant,
states that the two plants will be con-
solidated at the pump station. New
buildings will be erected there. New
dynamos and other machinery will be
put in.
A reservoir will be built on the hill
where the stand pipe formerly stood.
There will be an increase of water pres
sure from 50 to 100 pounds to the square
inch in main business part of the city.
New pipes will be put down to the res
eTVOir
The works will be increased with
greater capacity, and sufficient water
will be kept in reserve for a weeks sup
ply. About $50, 900 to- $35, 900 will be eX-
pended in the new works. Work will
commence shortly and will be complet-
ed this fall.
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WHEAT IN ROCKS COUNTY.
Great Crops Around Plainville and
Additional Acres Being Sown.

Plainville, Sept. 1S.-This town is the
Capital of Paradise Flats so far as
Rocks county is concerned.
The Union Pacific road will haul away
from here about 200 cars of wheat. c.
G.. Cochran, the implement and hard
ware dealer, and who is authority ON
matters of financial prosperity, has re-
ceived his eighth car load of assorted
farm implements since the harvest
trade opened.
Mr.. Cochran says there is a larger
demand for wheat drills than he has
ever before known, and he estimates
there will be double the acreage Sown
this fall tributary to Plainville than the
history of this section has ever before
known Mr. Cochran had about 500
acres of wheat this year and will SOW
700 or 500 acres in wheat this fall.
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BooMs HIS COUNTY.
New Hill City Papers Novel Plan CT
Advertising.

Hill City, Sept. 1S.-The Gem is the
new paper recently started here by T.
H. Magill.
Underneath the head of the paper is
this line: Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean-Graham County, the Gem of
Kansas" Still further down next to
the reading matter, is another line run
ming clear across the paper, reading a S
follows: "An Independent Populist
newspaper devoted to advancing the
interests of Graham county,"
This gives the county three newspa-
pers, all published in Hill City the
county seat. The Gem is neatly print
ed and publishes a large amount of
reading matter In its issue of last
week the paper published the number
of car load shipments and receipts from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
SHIPPED 900 CARS.
Big Wheat Movement From One Nc
Fherson County Town

Inman, Sept. 1S.-During the month of
August, John WeiSthaner shipped 79, 800
bushels of wheat, or 16O cars, from In
man, and 81, 700 bushels. or 63 cars, from
Groveland, a total of III, 500 bushels.
The average price paid was 761a cents,
making a total of $50, 1886 paid to the
farmers of this part of Mcpherson
county for wheat
The A. c. Davis Grain company ship
ped out 40 cars, or about $4,000 bushels,
making total of 200 cars of wheat
shipped from here in the month of Au-
gust The first eleven days of Septem-
Der the A. c. Davis Grain company
shipped out 25 cars
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, Sept. IS
WHEAT-Very irregular. No. 1 hard,
sec: No. 2, S215@S6c; No, 3, solSSlzc; No; 4
77GS012c: No. 2 red, 90691%c; No. g. S4QS7c;
No. 4, S2dS3c; No. spring S1qS2c; No. 3,
7s6SOc.
CORN-Slow, lower. No. mixed 2411s
: OATS Slow, lower. No. white. 1910
&c.
RYE-weak. No. 2, 4474415c
HAY-Active, firm. Choice timothy, $40
$50: choice prairie, $5.75G6.
BUTTER-Receipts light, demand in
creasing, market very firm. Creamery,
161@01Sc: dairy, 10d14c.
EGGS-Firm on increased demand. Mis-
souri, and Kansas. 1Oc.
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EMPLOYEES TAKE PART.
1000 Shares of Illinois Central Stock
Held BY Wage Workers

Chicago, Sept. 1s-Fifty of the small
shareholders of the Illinois Central rail-
road. one of them a woman, took ad-
vantage of the directors cordial invi-
tation and appeared as participants in
the annual meeting yesterday of the
owners and officers of the great cor
poration These small shareholders
have for the last four years been buy
ing shares of stock through partial pay
ments They are mechanics clerks and
pany.
President Stuyvesant Fish, in an in
terview last night at the Auditorium
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TO SEED A LARGE ACREAGE
Graham County Farmers Will Plant
Much Wheat

Hill City, Sept. 18.-Soaking rains
have fallen throughout Graham county
recently and every farmer who can
is getting his ground in shape for fall
seeding.
The wheat acreage for 1898 promises
to be the largest in the history of
Graham county The county also raised
the largest wheat crop and will raise as
big a crop of corn the county has ever
produced.
Many farms have been sold since the
crops have been assured.