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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
SHIP IN LINE QUA1Ls.
Game Dealer and Expr
Company in Trouble.

Wichita. Nov. 17.-CharIes Payne a
local game dealer and also the Wells
Fargo Express company will have to
answer the charge of shipping live
uuails from the Territory to this point.
Six crates containing live birds were
received from White Eagle, O.. I. yes
terday.
DR.. J. w. Shultz. Kansas state fish
commissioner and game warden, is in
vestigating the affair and may institute
proceedings under the Kansas law
against both the company and the con-
signee.
Charles Payne. who received the
birds. in a talk with a reporter made
an explanation of his object in getting
the quail. I never buy quail to kill"
he said. and never buy anything but
live birds. My trade is all interstate
trade. I buy in outside states and sell
in outside states, and the birds are
shipped here for prOpagating purposes
only. My sales are as rule made to
eastern people of wealth who have
game preserves that they wish to re-
stock. I would absolutely refuse to
sell a bird if I knew it was bought to
kill. and in order to avoid conflict with
the state law 1 have repeatedly refused
to sell the quail to anyone within the
state for purposes of propagation"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
SANTA FE TOURISTS.
A Fast Line From New ork to Cali
fornia Without Change.

Commencing Tuesday, November 80,
a tourist car will leave the Erie station
in New York city bound for Los An
geles, Cal, and viii be the first regular
lantic to the Pacific coasts without
transfer The arrangement is the
work of General Passenger Agent Black
of the Santa Fe, and from Chicago to
Los Angeles the car will run over the
Santa Fe tracks. On every Tuesday
leave New York city, establishing a
weekly tourist line from New York to
California.
From New York to Chicago the cars
will form a part of the equipment of
the Erie express train, and from Chi
cago they will be taken into Kansas
City on the Santa Fe express and mail
train. This will get the through pas
sengers into Kansas City from New
York u hours ahead of the time now
made by any of the other roads, as both
the Erie and Santa Fe express trains
run on limited schedules. The cars will
run out of Kansas City in California
train No. 1, and will pass through To-
peka each Thursday.
Mr.. Black has also arranged for tour
iSt cars through to California without
transfer from Boston, st. Louis and
Minneapolis and st. Paul. On Decem-
Der 1 the first st. Louis tourist car will
leave that city over the Wabash, and on
every following Wednesday, passing
through Topeka on Thursdays. A car
from Minneapolis and St. Paul will
leave over the Great Western railway
on Tuesdays of each week, and over the
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway on Sat
urdays of each week, passing through
Topeka Wednesdays and Sundays re-
SpectiVely. The Boston car will leave
Boston on Thursdays and pass through
Topeka on Saturdays. The tourist cars
will all be in addition to the regular
equipment of California train No /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
PosToFFIoE Row AT WEBSTER
Newly Appointed Postmaster Cannot
Secure Possession.

Stockton, Nov. flowing to a dis
pute between ]. J. McCOmbs, pOstmas-
ter at Webster, and Mrs. LeGrande.
Mr. ]. T. Locke, the newly appointed
postmaster at Webster, has been I'M
able to secure possession of the office
and is waiting for instructions from
the department.
The postofTice fixtures belong to the
estate of H. LeGrande. They were
leased to McCombs in 1894 for one year,
the lease having been renewed. from
year to year
Now, when Mr.. Locke desires to Sc
cure possession of them under lease
from Mrs LeGrande, McCombs re
fuses to give them up. claiming that
Mr. LeGrande owed him four or five
hundred dollars on an alleged agree
rnent of several years back. which
neither Mrs. LeGrande nor anyone else
has any knowledge of. In the mean
time Mr.. Locke cannot do the govern
ment's business without fixtures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
SMUGGLER MINES AFIRE.
Fifty Miles of Rhine Workings Aban-
doned and the End is Not in
Sight

Aspen. Col, Nov. 17-AlthNlgh the
management of Smuggler mine which
has been on fire since Sunday, express
every confidence in their dUInty to clear
the SITUATION IN a snort time and claim
that material progress has been made
during the last "A hours, the outlook as
viewed by the people of the camp and
especially those whose support depends
upon the mines on Smuggler mountain
is anything but cheering. Not a mine
on Smuggler mountain is being worked,
except under the most disadvantag eOus
circumstances over 500 men are idle
and many others will be laid off in the
next few days unless the fire is eXtin-
guished. In all full so miles of work
ings have been abandoned. There have
been no fatalities as yet, but there
have been scores of narrow escapes,
some of which border upon the mirac-
ulOus.
The Mollie Gibson people are doing
but little more than running their
pumps and watching the situation
Manager Hallett stated that the men
were making most satisfa Glory progress
toward reaching the fire
The steam used in fighting the fire
has driven the gas into the water and
a large portion of it is being carried to
the surface in this way. The water
from the pumps passes under the en-
CINE house. So strong are the fumes
rising from this water that the engi-
'5JuOOI9AO kI9Q9TdmOO sBA I59u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
JUDGE MCDONALD FREE.
Fort Scott Attorney Succeeds in Com
promising His Case.

Fort Scott. Nov. 17.-Judge J. F. Nc
Donald, member of Ex-Governor Level
ling's board of pardons who has been
under arrest and out on a prison limit
bond here for about a year, today sue
ceeded in compromising his difficulty,
and will be released from bond at once.
His arrest was caused by Judge ]. D.
Hill, his associate counsel in the $780,
600 Crawford county mine explosion
cases. After winning a test case, Nc
Donald, without HiIs knowledge, com
promised the cases for some So, 600, and
Hill caused his arrest by civil process
to compel him to refund money advanc-
ed in the cases, and for his proportion
of the fee. 1t developed that Mcdonald
had powers of attorney from all the "a
plaintiffs, which gave him power to dis
miss at his viii. The plaintiffs were
the widows and orphans of the miners
who were killed in the big Crawford
county mine explosion. Mcdonald is
the Populist politician who was as
saulted by Warden Chase. of the Kan
sas state penitentiary, during an in
vestigation Of Chase's methods under
dwellings administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
JOINT IN TIE JAIL
Smooth "Bootlegger" Manages to
Handle Whisky in the Larned
Hail

Larned, Nov. IA month ago two
Joint keepers We're arrested, tried, con-
victed and sentenced to the county jail.
1t has just been discovered that ever
since they were incarcerated they have
kept up a regular traffic in whisky by
means of outsiders, who would bring
the liquors to them at the jail, and
they would sell it to their visitors who
We're admitted to the Jail
The frequent visits of certain indi-
viduals finally aroused Sheriff Cases
suspicious, when he proposed a search
of his prisoners cells. This aroused
the resentment of one of them and he
assaulted the sheriff, who promptly
knocked him down with a billy, after
which he proceeded with his inVestiga-
ton. The facts then came to light, and
questionable visitors are now rigidly
excluded from the prisoners cells. 1t is
said that two boys, the sons of the joint
keepers, were the principal medium
through which the illegal traffic was
kept up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
KANSAS NEWS.
WO Escaped COnYiets Could
Not Stand the Cold.
Go to a Farmhouse and Give
Themselves Up.
FARMER GETS REWARD
Wichita Man in Trouble Over
Handling Live Quails.
Express Company Must Also An
swer for Shipping Them.

Ottawa, Nov 17.-Farmer John King
from near Princeton brought two es-
capped federal prisoners to town yester-
day evening and Will receive $3.50 re-
ward.
one was white man, the other an
Indian. The story of their arrest is
interesting.
just before dusk of the evening pre-
vious as the wind was bowling an oc-
tave higher in a cold strain around the
northerly corners Mr.. King was called
to the door to find two shivering
wights who seemed in dire need of pro-
lection from the elements. Can you
take US to Ottawa said the spokes-
man. -
running a stage line, whereupon the
stranger said that he would be well
paid for his trouble.
They declared themselves to be es-
capped prisoners from the military pris-
on at Leavenworth, and explained that
the suddenly developed riSor of the
weather had discouraged them-they
were now anxious to go back, and would
agree to be taken to the jail at Ottawa
They also said that a big reward was
out for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
HENRY GEORGE MEMORIAL.
A Committee Appointed to Solicit a
Popular Subscription.

New York. Nov. lit has been deter
mined to appeal to the public at large
for subscriptions to memorial for Henry
George on the broadcast grounds of re-
speet for the memory of a man who de-
voted himself unselfshly to the public
good and entirely irrespective of differ
ence OF opinion as to his economic or po-
litical views, in the hope that all the
various projects which have sprung up in
different parts of the country having this
purpose in view can be brought into har-
mony.
The following named gentlemen, rep
resenting all shades of political opinions.
to which other names may be added in
their discretion, have agreed to act as a
national committee for this purpose:
Mayor Strong. Seth Low. Charles Stewart
Smith, Isadore Stratus, c. T. Christensen,
Edward NJ. Sheppard, Thomas G. Shear
man, August Lewis. Tom L. Johnson
(CIeveland). William Lloyd Garrison
CBoston). George Foster Peabody of this
city has been appointed treasurer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
L. p. FOOTBALL OUTING.
Members CT the University Team
Leave for Delex are GAP

Philadelphia, Nov. 17.-Foilov ing s..e
custom which has prevailed TO- he es1
four years the University Of s2ennsyl-
vania foot ball team, accompan ed Ly u
dozen subs. left Broad street sic zion ti.is
morning in a special car for the Delaware
Water Gap. Coach Woodruff believes
there is nothing so beneficial ~ a Eaot
ball player after the fnishins touches
have been put on as a change Of s-ens
and the fresh mountain air.
With the exception of gu; rterisarlz
Weeks and Right End Dickson. the P-r1-
sylvania eleven is in first class C3ndisis
Weeks is suffering from stomach trol.i5rs-
but was able to go through the practice
yesterday. Dickson's knee is 5tiH gIr-
ing him some trouble. and Will he ~iit
almost surely start the game 9 ith 3 -
yard. his chances for continuineS throE 4-
out are very slim, the first rimrta ~
may throw the troublesome ca iage r-r
of place. He has ar able bstif -,
however. in Hedges. There wiz .e n ~
we're practice at the Ws-ter Gar The I.--l
viii take a run across ehe moG4 ain -s 81
morning and then line mp for Sc aal T. zee
tice and passing the ball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
MISS WHITNEY WILL SUE.
Flower Show People Must Pay That
$IIO or Go to Court

Kansas City, Nov. 17.-NIiss Edna W nit
ney of Chillicothe, Mo, wants her S110.
and means to have it. When she signed
"a contract to come to town and sell flow
ers and look pretty at the Home Products
Flower show she expected to get that
amount for her services. c. E. Heite
and W. J. Barnes were willing enough to
sign the other end of the contract, for
they argued that it would be money for
them.
But the throngs of large buyers failed
to come, and when the receipts were
counted Saturday night Messrs. Heite
and Barnes failed to see the coin in sight.
Consequently a check for $40 was offered
Miss Whitney, which she accepted. But
she wants the remaining $40, and must
have it. Her attorney, John NJ. Cleary.
has the matter in his hands, and at a CON
ference with Heite and Barnes made it
plain that unless his client was paid the
full amount he would gring suit against
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
DEATHOFMTSS ZTMMERMAX
Funeral Will be Held Tomorrow z f.
ern Don at the Family ReCidence-

Miss Alice Zimmerman died Iuesf 2 ;,
November 16, 1897, at 2 o'clock ard .siii
be buried from the family residence. "a
Topeka avenue, Thu rsday, \OYeTa Der
IS. at O'Clock p. n.
Spleen affection mad Tor H1Gr lbs 5.en
slowly sapping the spring OF llfe. Fer
death, though following long DeI Oh
of intense suffering. vas pain iess "a
peaceful, and she passed ava viii he
full consciousness o. the 5ulpen 3 "a \
change upon her heart and % mess Ss
of tender farewell upon her lic=. a ~ }re
patient sufferer never passed fro5n
earth to Heaven. The twiiiEt- Of ner
life was a most convincing pro IF o. rhe
helpful power of Christian res lion.
Miss Zimmerman was raised in To-
peka and had an unusually " de circle
of friends Her death will re- De a sur
prise 20 many, but it will nos ertheiess
be a great shock to all of them. FOR
some time she had realized that size
would have to leave her friends, but
she never became despondeut and a.
ways tried to make it pleasant for e.e-
ry one around her.
A beautiful character, finely sduca I'd
and accomplished, life seemed pleas mi
to her. but she never grievec beca lie
with all who knew Ee@, and ta= WO.l. IS
better, she having lived in it EtecE ifY
has claimed her for is own, and dsstc
was not even able to cast a doubt IS SO
the future upon the mind CT the SUI
ferer, whose faith was as firm az 1ts
Rock of Ages.
The deceased was {, sister Cs NL1-=. q
H Samson.
A 5-HIENI g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
CALL THEM LIES.
Continued from first Page.1

a photograph of Keller that the pic
ture much more resemOled the man
whom he married to Mrs. Walkup thar
did the picture of John 3. Ketcham.
Several of the buffers prominent fec-
lures, including a small moustacha,
which was not a REGULARITY cf Mr.
Ketcham were carefully noted Ly the
Rev Mr.. Roberts as common Ia both
Keller and bridegroom OF September
"a The butler had little to say On
this subject but volunteered much in
formation concerning the events OF TIE
wedding trip. He claimed that 5<etch-
am and Mrs. Walkup went to 81 MI
Waukee hotel and hurried from there
to the parsonage and that Mr.. Ketch-
ans face was not wrapped up In amy
way. The Rev. Mr.. Roberts says the
bridegroom's face was partly mudied
in shawl, not however conceaIing Tire
mOustache.
As to this phase IF the situation.
however, neither Mr. PUrueu nor
ketcham's relatives have anything 10
say. The attorney Uould neither A.
firm nor deny the statement that tire
pending contest may devolve upon the
question as to whetfer John 3 KetclI-
am. or the butler, Joe Keller was the
bridegroom on September a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
HOLIDAY RATES.
General Passenger Agent Black Will
Represent the Santa Fe at Chicago.

General Passenger Agent w. ]. Black
of the Santa Fe will go to Chicago next
week to attend a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the western passen-
ger association called to determine the
basis of rates for the midwinter holi-
days.
In 1894 the rate was reduced to one
fare for the round trip, but each year
since that time it has been placed at
one and one-third fare, and it is proba-
BILE that this rate will be declared eff
fective this year The rate of one fare
with the usual holiday limit gives the
brokers an opportunity of cutting into
the revenue of the railroad companies
and for this reason a one fare rate will
not be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
IRRIGATION FOR KANSAS.
Canal Builder Interests Capital in a
Great Proposition.

Denver, Nov. IF. B. KOen, one of
the large canal builders of the Arkan-
sas valley. is in the city on his way to
New York to confer with capitalists
concerning the big irrigation reservoir
for western Kansas.
Mr.. Koen has a plan of supplying
water for 600 acres of land in the
region of the Arkansas river, the Wa
ter to be taken from the stream at the
time of the spring floods, or pumped
from the channel at other times of the
year.
The project is one of the most i'm
portant schemes for the development
of western Kansas that has as yet
been brought forward in a practical
form.
Mr.. Koen built the Amity canal, and
is a practical canal man of many
years of experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17

will be held in this city on Tuesday of
next week.
II a. m.-AssembIy at Journal hall,
and called to order by z. F. Caldwell;
address of welcome by Colonel o. E.
Learnard; response by George w. Mar
tin.
Il m.-Dinner.
p. m.-Visit to Kansas university
and Haskell institute and the manufac-
turing plants
p. Reorganization and addresses
by c. F. Scott of the lola Register, H.
J. Allen Of the Ottawa Herald, w. A.
Mitchell of the Olathe Mirror, ]. Frank
Smith of the PieasantOn Observer, F.
c. Raney of the Fort Scott Monitor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
EATING HOUSE FOR NEWTON.
Santa Fe Trains to Breakfast There
Rather Than at Hutchinson
and Arkansas Citv

Commencing next Sunday morning
the Santa Fe eating house at Newton,
Kan, will be reopened after remaining
closed for several months, and after
that date trains and 407 will break
fast at Newton instead of Hutchinson
and Arkansas City respectively.
Train Z is the local express from
Kansas City to Dodge City and Jet
more, and commencing Sunday it will
wait at Newton to connect with the
fast mail train from Kansas City.
Train 407 is the Texas express, which
will also connect with the fast mail at
Newton. Breakfast will be served the
passengers of the two trains at 7:15
o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
Another of New York's Waits.

The Medicine Lodge Crescent says:
Sheriff Mills informs US that woman
living in Thomas county, Kan, has
written to the authorities in this coun-
" inquiring about Clarence Loftice,
the young horse thief sent to the re-
form school from this county She said
LOftice was formerly a Waif in the
city of New York; that she had re-
ceived him from the New York Aid So
ciety; that for a long time she had not
known of his whereabouts until she
saw references to his arrest in Bar
Der county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
MADE WILD CAT LOANS.
Custodian of a Church Fund Caught
by Enterprising Loan AGENTS.

Concord. N. H. Nov 17.-There was an
echo in the meeting of the New Hamp-
shire Protestant Episcopal. diocesan con-
Vention here today OF the failure of John
L. FarwelIs two banks at Claremont last
year. Farwen was the treasurer of the
diocese for several years and when he
went to Europe over a year ago it was
found that considerable portion of $4,000
of the church funds which he had placed
in the west was unprofitably invested.
The subsequent failure of FarwelTs banks
also caused losses to the church and to
Bishop W. w. Niles personally. Joseph
s Matthews of this city was sent by the
trustees of the church fund to learn how
much can be realized from FarweIs in
vestment of $4,000 in North Dakota.
South Dakota. Nebraska and Kansas. He
reports that he thinks the investment will
now yield from 81. 600 to $4,000 cash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
SANTA gE IS LIBERAL.
Makes a One Fare Round Trip for
Thanksgiving Football Game.

The Santa Fe passenger department
has declared a rate of one fare for the
round trip from all points within a
radius of 100 miles east and west of the
Missouri river for the football game be-
tween the Kansas and Missouri uni
versity teams at Kansas City on
Thanksgiving afternoon. The rate is
made independently by the Santa Fe,
but all other roads running into Kan
sas City Will undoubtedly meet it.
This kind of encouragement on the
part of the railroads, if continued, would
undoubtedly result in the western foot
ball games proving as much of a source
of revenue as the eastern games.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
Municipal Ownership at Neodesna

NeOdesha. Nov. 1.-THE special bond
election in NeOdesha passed off quietly.
A proposition to vote SIS, 900 city bonds
for a system of waterwOrks carried by
q majority of 314, and a proposition for
a like amount to put in a municipal
natural gas plant carried by 262. These
bonds are passed under the public
utilities" act of the last legislature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17

city of Galveston, which is maintained
against New Orleans and all places
that We're infected
The Morgan Line Steamship compa-
ny will order all their ships to touch
and unload all freight for Texas exclu-
sive of Galveston at Algiers, after to-
morrow or next Gay, instead of going
to Galveston, as they have been forced
to do.
Ten days more will see the situation
cleared up and the resumption of the
Southern Pacif1c's entire train service
from Louisiana to California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
FUs1oN1sTs BUY A PAPER
L C. Slime Buys Ottawa Daily Repub-
lican, G. I. Anthony's Old Paper.

Ottawa. Nov. 1.-THE Daily Repub-
lican has changed hands and will here
after be run as a fusion paper.
l.. Q. Slime, chairman of the Demo-
cratic central committee, has purchas-
ed a controlling interest.
The Republican has been published
about % years and became a strong
advocate of Republican doctrines IN
der the editorship of the late George
T. Anthony. For the past four years
the paper has been under the manage
ment of Frank L. Finch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
SHIPS 5000 BARRELS.
Apple Buyer in Coffey County - 40
Cents Per Bushel Paid.

Burlington, Nov. &c. S. Perkins
has been buying apples for a cold stOr-
age company in Fort Smith, Ark, and
has shipped 5000 barrels of the fruit
from this city, Hartford, Strawn and
LIE Roy.
He says the crop in the county this
year was large, but rather inferior in
quality, and if such a high grade had
not been insisted upon he could have
bought 10000 barrels as easily as he
did the 5000 He paid about 40 cents
per bushel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
Cheap Rate to Football Game.

The Kansas university boys can go to
Kansas City and witness the football
game between the Kansas university
team and the Kansas City Medics at
Kansas City next Saturday for one fare
for the round trip. This rate has been
declared for the game by the Santa Fe
and ITrinra Pacific rood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17

washington, Nov. 1.-THE final act up
on the part of this government in the
ratification of the treaty adopted by the
recent universal postal congress was
taken today when President Mckinley
signed the formal convention or treaty
and Secretary of State Sherman had the
government seal affixed. Postmaster
General Gary had already signed. The
treaty takes effect January l, 1899.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
Corinne Coming to Topeka.

The Santa Fe company has closed a
contract for the transportation of the
Corinne opera company from Los An
geles, to Topeka. The company will
stop at Albuquerque, Denver, Colorado
Springs, Wichita and Emporia, and will
probably reach Topeka about Decem Der
1St
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Fifteen Hours Quicker Time

And many miles shorter distance, in
addition to a daily service of Pullman
palace and tourist sleepers and free
chair cars to Los Angeles are a few of
the advantages offered only by the
Santa Fe Route.