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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10
STATE HOUSE EVENTS.

The first complication in the manage
/ ment of the state deaf and dumb school
at Olathe has been reported to the gov
ernor and will be investigated by the state
board of charities, which has commenced
the monthly tour of the state institutions.
Engineer Stout was discharged by Super
intendent Stewart, whom Stout's three as
sistants resigned. No explanation of the
difficulty has been made.
State OIInspector Wharton, who has not
complied with the provisions of the opin-
ion recently rendered by the attorney gem
eral in response to an inquiry from the
governor, to the effect that all appointees
and state officers must make monthly re-
ports, has requested the attorney general
for a second opinion. This has been rem
ates the belief that the oil inspector should
make such monthly reports.
The citizens of Winfield have been COM
planning that the Santa Fe has permit
ted the operation of freight rates to Okla
homa which Disseminated against Win
field and favored Arkansas City to a large
extent Complaint was filed with the
railroad commissioners, who forwarded a
copy Of the petition to Freight Traffic
Manager w. B. Biddle. who in reply says:
while realizing the fact that the BUSH
ness being interstate, the board of rail-
road commissioners has no jurisdiction
over it, but we appreciate the friendly
spirit which prompted the communication
to our company, and we will adjust the
rates complained Of at once. I have
given instructions to have the rates ad-
justed in a manner which 1 think will
prove entirely satisfactory to the people
of Winfield"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10

80 $1,000. The cuts have been deep
75o Black Serge, SO in. wide, EOO
$500 Be Blouses will $3.50
$500 &c ... Rloasss will 1850
$3.50 Blouses will q OK
be ..... Wv
Sc k2a g gBsss vI lfr 5s:t 3.25
$500 !99 back lack SID sB5.s Tf but but 2.95
So lace, turn and welt sole,
round, square and point = n p
ed toes, will be. . ~
$500 kid button, round and =
square toe, will be. 49,. ] ~
$50 :.! nro:deloth' well be SOC
$125 Broadcloths will be O. m
~ BO0
Ladies' $3.50 Dressing m
Sacques will be. ..... 1OO
Ladies' $3.50 Dressing E7E
Sacques will be. ksA ~
H1 ssssr., ssR0 be. Dressing $50
Zoe Dress Stays, triple eyelet PC
and twin stays; package W
35, 40 and SOC Stamped Lin 0Ec
ems for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. EVS
20 and 25c Stamped Linens IRC
Tor. .'''''.............'
Is and 18c Stamped Linens B0c
Tor ............... ~
Fringed Dresser Scarfs, all
linen; some with colored 0RC
centers; were 35c. ZOS
8 and Zoe Saxony Yarns Rr Gk
Tor. ~ Ao
Ladies' Pocket-book with
silver corners, worth up q M
to $1.88, for .. 70 ! sOO
Satin II t5 Ribbons ooo1. Nos. 3 and sc yd.
Ice Wool Fascinators, for E0c
merly 85c, for ......... WO@
Toilet I'll u.s. Soaps regular price SC cake
5 and Sc Fancy Elastics, 0r
for yard .....-.... "
Rubber Erasers or bottle of Qr
Ink
So 8 C oA ii Shoes. SI.IO
80 cent Art Denims 00c
at. 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-10

One night he was in Kansas City and
was passing a theater when some fell
low near the box office said:
There goes Eugene Ware of Kan
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
DRIFT TOWARDS SOCIALISM
ENGLISH CITIES CONTROL THE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Own and Operate Street Railways,
Telephones, Lighting and Water
Plants and Even Build Dwellings.

Washington, Dec. 15.-United States
Consul Boyle at Liverpool has COM
municated to the state department
some very interesting information
respecting the great change that has
taken place in England in the matter
of street railways. He says that from
being one of the most backward in the
matter of providing such aCcomoda-
tons, the cities of Great Britain are
now moving on an enormous scale to-
wards their construction. He describes
this movement as one feature of the re-
markable municipal socialism which
is taking possession of British cities.
verifying the comment of Lord Rose
berry that the London common council
was conducting the greatest expert
ment in practical socialism the world
has ever seen. Not content with NUM-
cipal ownership of street railways
electric and gas lighting plants, water
supply and telephones, in seV 1ral Cities
the municipal corporations build
dwellings, for working men, run hotels
and erect and operate magnificent
baths. In Liverpool the council has
gone so far as to charge part Of what
should be the rent from municipal
homes against the taxes of the COM
munlty.
Recurring to the subject of electric
street railways, Mr.. Boyle says that
the first line was started in Liverpool
a few days ago and describes the
equipment. For the benefit of Ameri-
can manufacturers of electric plants,
fittings and rails, the consul sets forth
the best means for these to put them
selves in position to secure valuable
contracts though he points out a
strong prejudice on the part of a large
class Of people in the cities against the
award of contracts to foreigners. The
Liverpool line is an overhead trolley,
a committee. of experts claiming to
have discovered that the underground
conduit system installed in New York,
Washington and Baltimore is a fail
ure. He speaks of several other sys-
TENS of electric car propulsion which
have been brought forward in England
as novelties, but which are well known
here, such as the surface contact sys-
TEN. A scheme under way, he says,
is to connect Liverpool with all the
manufacturing towns within a radius
of seventeen miles by light suburban
electric street railroads which will
carry passengers in the day time and
freight at night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
Letter TO War Department Made
Public.
HIS REASONS SET FORTH
AN BETTER SERVE HIS CoUN-
= TRY AS 4 CIVILIAN.
Warmly Praised By His Superior
Officers, Who Pronounced His Reg
iment In a High State of If
hciency-No Praise or Thanks
From Mckinley or Alger.

Washington, Dec. 15.-The war de-
partment today made public the fol-
lowing letter from Colonel William j.
Bryan, resigning his commission as a
volunteer officer:
Camp Onward, Savannah. Ga, Dec.
10, 1S9S-To Adjutant General. U. S. A,
Washington: Sir: The dispatches
from Paris announce that the terms Of
the treaty between the United States
and Spain have been fully agreed upon
and thai the commissioners viii sign
the same as soon as it can be en-
crossed. Believing that under present
conditions l can be more useful to my
country as a civilian than as a SOL
der, l hereby tender my resignation,
to take effect Immediately upon-its ac-
ceptance. Respectfully, etc.
wv ]. BRYAN,
Colonel Third Regiment Nebraska
Volunteer Infantry.
The letter bears the following in
dorsements from the division and corps
commanders under whom Colonel
Bryan served:
First endorsement: Headquarters
First Brigade, First Division, Seventh
Army Corps, Dec 10, 1898: Respect
fully forwarded:
1T is with sincere regret that the
first brigade should lose the services OF
SO efficient an officer.
\ ESigned) Wv H. MAYBURY,
YColonel First Texas Volunteer In
[ fantry Commanding"
Second endorsement: Headquarters
First Division, Seventh Army Corps,
Dec, 10, 1898. 1t is with regret that this
resignation is forwarded. and approved.
Colonel Bryan's regiment the Third
Nebraska volunteer infantry, is in a
high state Of efficiency and discipline
and his efforts for its welfare have
been untiring.
LLOYD WHEATON,
"Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers,
Commanding"
Third endorsement: Headquarters
United States forces, Camp Onward,
Dec. 10, 1898: Respectfully forwarded
and approved. 1 deeply regret that
Colonel Bryan is called to tender his
resignation. l concur in what is said
in the foregoing endorsements.
j. WARREN KEIFER,
Major General, Commanding"
Fourth endorsement: Savannah.
Ca, Dec. 10, 1898: Having turned
over the command of the troops here
to General Keifer, l will not be pre-
vented. as Colonel Bryan's former
commander on the eve of my depar-
ture for Cuba, from saying 1 greatly
regret that the colonel has decided
to sever his relations with my Seventh
corps, for our relations have been very
agreeable. and he has ever been most
faithful and conscientious in all duties
confided to him.
"FITZHUGH LEE,
Major General, q. S. Y"
Accepted, by order of the president.
r.. A. ALGER,
Secretary of War"
Dec. u, 1885,
The response to the letter was con-
tained in the following telegram,
dated Washington, D. c., Dec. Il. 1893.
Colonel William Jennings Bryan,
Third Nebraska volunteer infantry.
, Through corps commander, Savannah,
- Resignation received and ac~
Fcepted. H. c. CORBIN,
"Adjutant General.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16

A startling incident, of which Mr..
John oliver of Philadelphia was the
subject, is narrated by him, as fol-
lows: L was in most dreadful con-
dition My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain continu-
ally in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, a friend advised trying
Electric Bitters, and to my great low
and surprise, the first bottle made a
decided improvement. 1 continued
their use for three weeks, and am now
a we'll man. 1 know they saved my
life and robbed the grave of another
victim" No one should fail to try
them. Only 80 cents a bottle, at Z. c.
NJ. l. drug department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
DRUNKEN DEPUTY'S OUTBREAK.
Murdercus Officer In New Mexico
Shot Bv Citizens.

Santa Re, n NJ, Dec. 15.-Reports
from Taos received today are to the
effect that since the arrival of deputy
United States marshal on the scene
order has been restored.
The trouble originated from a
drunken deputy sheriff's treatment of
two tourists watching church pro-
cession in celebration of San Guadalupe
day. The strangers. who knew moth
ing Of the customs of the native people
and did not understand Spanish, fail
ed to remove their hats when the pro-
cession passed and the deputy arrested
them. Sheriff Trujillo. when citizens
protested, became abusive. A young
man named Clifford attempted to talk
with the officer about the matter and
the latter opened fire on him. Clifford
is supposed to have shot back in self
defense. but there were three shots
fired at the sheriff simultaneously, all
of which took effect The sheriff is in
a critical condition. The report that
the matter had resolved itself into a
race war is pronounced absurd.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
Tarif Laws For Hawaii.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Assistant Sec
rotary Howell eff the treasury depart
ment was heard before the committee
Of ways and means today on the need
Of extending the tariff laws to Hawaii
as. soon. as possible.
The committee agreed to the immedi-
ate extension proposed and Hawaii win
be established as one of tho customs
districts with three supports of entry,
viz: Eilo, Asahukana and Kabilius.
The collector of customs viii have
headquarters at Honolulu and viii re-
ceiVe $4,000 salary. Speedy action by
the house viii be secured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Argentine Crop Damage Helped the
Chicago Traders.

Chicago Dec. 15.-Trade in wheat
started in rather slow. though a good
deal of firmness was shown at the inn
mediate opening Liverpool displayed
more steadiness than was expected, after
the late show of weakness in yesterdays
market here. while the receipts at Min
neapolis and Duluth continued to fall off.
But the firmness disappeared almost be-
fore trading got fairly started. Private
continental cables reported constantly in
creasing stocks in Russian ports, with
continued free offerings from Russia.
This was a source of much weakness here
yesterday and for a short time it had
like effect today. The market continued
rather dull for about an hour and
half, but by II o'clock trade had begun
to broaden out very materially and prices
to advance with a rapidity that was some
what astonishing and pleasing to tIe
bears. The big factor was the condition of
the Argentine crop, which cables reported
very bad. Some estimates placed the
damage as high as 20 per cent. This
brought nearly all classes of buyers into
the market. There We're many slight re-
actions caused by profft-taking, but the
market was firm to the end. May adj
vanced IL cents for the day, closing at
66%Q6!.
There was a big trade in corn, after
which it went on a rampage. Gables were
high and receipts moderate, but the mar
ket was almost entirely a sympathetic
one, following closely the fluctuations of
wheat. May closed 12@5sc higher. .
Oats followed wheat and corn The
market was rather dull, almost up to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16

mas cattle, 5.TOG5S5: an occasional extra
good drove brought 6.OOQ6.2O; northern fed
Texans, 3.S0G4.50; stockerS and feeders
325G4 10; calves, 3.00d675
Hogs-Prices suffered a further decline
of 5 cents at 8 271a13. So: poorest lots. 1900
325. while a. few heavyweights brought
SIS; pigs, 3.05d3.30.
Sheep and lambs ruled strong at the
recent advance; sheep 2.25Q3. 25 for COM
mon, 4.10G4.25 for prime flocks; bulk at
3.25G420; heavy sheep, slow of sale. and
big ewes closed at 3.49I3.75; yearlings
4156142 %: lambs. 4.G0d4.50 for commoneSt
up to 530q5.40 for prime flocks
Receipts-CattIe, $500; hogs, $4,000;
sheep 5000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
The Metal Markets.

New York, Dec. 15.-The features of the
metal market today were a further ad-
vance in the price of lead and a decided
Improvement in copper. Transactions in
these departments were of moderate lines.
all day without important changes. At
the close the metal exchange called pig
iron warrants nominal, at rs.
Lake Copper-Steady, with KS bid and
1890 asked.
Tin-DuiI. 1880 bid and 1890 asked.
Lead-Strong, 3.75 bid and 3.7715 asked.
Spelter-Quiet, 5.25 bid and 5.S5 asked.
The firm fixing the settling price for
leading miners and smelters at the west
quotes lead at $50, and copper 12.75.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
Pacific Coast Grain Markets.

San Francisco. Dec. 15.-Wheat strong;
May 1.1S14; barley, not quoted.
Cash wheat, unchanged.
Portland, Dec 15.-There is no change
of Importance in the local wheat market.
The sharp bulge in the east and the lack
of strength abroad had no effect on the
local market, and most of the exporters
refused to quote above SIC for Walla
Walla and SOC for valley, with bluestem
quiet at 60@61c; others raised these figures
a cent, but were apparently not over-anX-
iouS to do business
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
BIG TRADE BALANCE
Treasury Statement Helped Wall
Street Boomers.
FIGURES ON EXPORTS
SHOW AN ENORMOUS EXCESS
SHOW AN ENORMOUS EXCESS
OVER IMPORTS.
Continued Foreign Demand For Our
Products Encouraged Speculation
-Vanderbilts Advanced On Ru-
mors of Chicago & Alton Purchase
LESS Activity In Bonds.

New York, Dec. 15-Many stocks gained
about a point today, and the market left
Off strong, with a good buying movement
in progress. Perhaps the most potent IN
fluence in sentiment was the govern
ment's foreign trade statement, showing
exports for November of nearly $l3O, UOO,-
Co.'S which was nearly $lS,VJ1UcO IN excess
OF imports and the excess over imports
for the five months of the fiscal year was
above the enormous sum OF $203 OOO,O00.
Then, too the strength of the grain mar
ketS today seemed TO Indicate contln-
uance in the demand Tor our prOuuctS.
Alternating tirmneSS and weakness rem
dered the market irregular during the
forenoon.
Subsequently the market shook off its
hesitancy and became bouyant on reports
that the Vanderbilt interest had pur-
chased the Chicago & Alton with view
to merging it with the Michigan Central
system. Michigan Central Immediately
rose points and Chicago q Alton 3. Sub
sequentiy & Vanderbilt official denied that
such a deal had been contaminated This,
however, failed so affect the Vanderbilt
stocks, which continued upward TO the
close at about the best prices. The Sus-
tanned strength of securities supposed to
be interested in the rumOred deal aroused
some comment among the traders. Lake
Shore dropped points. Sugar was very
irregular and moved within a radius of
points, closing with ., gain OF 112. Denver
preferred and Central Pacific were strong.
Federal Steel shares were bouyant the
common rising 212.
Activity diminished somewhat in the
bond market, and profit-tailing arrested
the Improvement in some securities, The
general tendency, however, was decidedly
upward. Total sales of bonds was So
2S5 600.
4. S. IS advanced u in the bid price.
The total sales of stocks today were
IL, 400 shares, including:
Atchison. 2O,S5O; Atchison preferred, 81
$40; Canada Southern, 1880; Central Pa
cifc, 27,5l2; Burlington, Il, 1855; Denver &
Rio Grande 3,S2S; Denver & Rio Grande
preferred, $685. Louisville & Nashville,
1000; Manhattan, SOL; Metropolitan
Street Railway, 5,O7S; Reading preferred,
$3.50; Missouri Pacific, 81, 405 Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, 1920; Missouri Kansas
e Texas preferred, APO; New York Cen
trail, 15,05S; Northern Pacific, 1900; o. &
W., 5,157; Reading, 4,O1O; Rock Island. 16,-
7O2; Union Pacific, 7,24S; St: Paul, 1850;
st. Paul & Omaha, 1885; Southern pre-
ferred, S,4Sl; Union Pacific preferred, s, 7S7;
Wabash preferred, 6,09l; Tobacco 1882;
Federal Steel 6.291; Federal Steel pre-
ferred. OSLO; Peoples Gas, i, 40; Pacific
Mail 400; Rope & Irvine, $40; Sugar.
81, 455; T. c. & l., 5.S46; Leather, 200;
Leather preferred, 13, $3.50; Rubber, 1882.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
Coffee and Sugar.

New York. Dec Coffee-options
closed steady. 5a1O points lower Sales,
q. coo bags, including December, 5.75; Jan
uary, SIS; March 5.90G5.95; May, 5000
COS; July, 60; August, 6.15. Spot coffee,
Rio firm, held 1sc higher; No. invoice,
6a4; No. jobbing, IA mild, firm; Cordo
va, 7%@15.
Suga-Raw steady; fair refining, $50
1916; centrifugal 96-teSt, 1904 7-l6; mo-
lasses, 1903 11-16; refined, steadier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
8 . o g q a s. @ e @ &
Well Fed :
: Well Bred. :
= You can pick 9
= a steady user of : :
= Grape-NutS. !.
Observation-Disclosures
E0H0 N0N@E@W@G
Proper Food Makes Brainy Men and
Beautiful Women.

To know just what to eat is a prob
lem for many people who find their
strength and health not keeping up to
a proper stage. From food we must
expect our bodily nourishment, and not
from drugs. True, a physicians care
is required at times, but the true ply
stefan viii always seek to put his pa
tent on properly selected food and
drink.
A food expert has discovered Grape
Nuts by experimenting on the treat
ment of grains to artificially pre-digest
the starches (the principal parD.
Grape Nuts, as now made by the Pos
tum Cereal company, limited, of Battle
Creek, Mich, and sold by grocers gen
particularly for the brain-worker, as it
quickly supplies the parts of food the
body needs to supply the daily loss
produced by brain work.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha, Dec 5.-Cattle-Receipts 700.
Market strong; native beef steers, 4001
$50; western steers, 3.756l4.35; Texas
steers, 3.50d4.00; cows and heifers, 3256
425; Gamers, 2.006I3.00; stockers and feed
ers, 3.306l4.40; calves, 4.50d6 70; bulls, stays,
etc. 2.25d2.50.
Hogs-Receipts 1SOO. Market 5d1Oc low
er: heavy, 3.25Q330; mixed 32513.271s;
light, 33OG335; pigs, 3.O0G3.25; bulk of
sales, 3.25I3.30.
Sheep-Receipts 400 Market was steady.
Native muttons 3.60G4.45; westerns, $500
410; stockers, 2.50q37O; lambs, 4.10d5.25.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas City, Dec. -CattleEReceipts
5000. Market stronger; native steers, $50
65.40; Texas steers, 3.35G4.5O: Texas COWS.
2.00G55O; native cows and heifers 1.500
4.25;. stockers and feeders, 3.00Q425; bulls,
1.5063.5O
sc lower; bulk of sales, 3.25d335; heavies,
33OGl3.40; packers, 3.25Q3. BIZ; mixed, 3.250
335; lights, 3.15G3.3O; workers, 32503.30;
Sheep-Receipts 2,O00 Market was firm;
lambs, 3.5O45.50; muttons, 2.OG645O.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16

steady, at 212d3 per cent; last loan, 2lA
per cent. Prime mercantile paper, SG4
with actual business in bankers bills al
4. S41z@4.S4s4 for demand and 4S11bd4.S1%
for 60 days. Posted rates, 4.S214a4S 515.
Silver certificates, 5912d601a. Bar silver.
5S1S Mexican dollars Al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
DEATHS ON WHITE PASS.
Fifteen OF Twenty People Have Lost
Their Lives.


Their Lives.
Victoria, B. c., Dee. 15.-The steamer
xNnube arriving from Lynn canal, re-
forts a succession Of fatal accidents
during the construction of the White
Pass railway, caused by avalanches.
First officer Lawrence of the Danube,
while at Sbagway. was told of six of
these fatalities occurring within a
week. He obtained no names. but was
assured that no fewer than fifteen or
twenty had lost their lives on the rail
way since the advent Of winter a num-
Der os deaths are also spoken of in
definitely as having occurred on the
trail to Bennett, only one, however, be-
ing positively confirmed In this the
victim was FerroW, the well known
packer, who was found frozen to death
on the summit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
STREET RAILWAYS SOLD.
Two Denver lines Disposed of Under
Foreclosure

torecIOSure-
Denver, Dec. 15.-The Denver City
Cable railway was sold at auction to-
day by order OF the United States court
under foreclosure of mortgage for S4.-
100000, the interest on which had been
in default since 1892. H r Rogers, as
agent of Z. p Olcott of New York,
chairman of the reorganization COM
mittee, secured the property for $780,
600, the minimum bid allowed
The West End Electric railway was
also sold under foreclosure, being pur-
chased by the same committee for S40,-
O0o. It is understood that ultimately
the lines will pass into the hands Of
1.-THE +TrarnNay company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
DECEMBER 16, 1898

noon, but became quite active after that
the shorts and elevator people being good
buyers. May closed 3s@1ac higher.
receipts and strong grain markets. A
large business was done. The market was
done early, all products easing off under.
free general selling, but firmed up later
as the grain markets advanced, all the
declines being covered. There was
good deal of realizing at times. AT the
close May pork was 212 cents higher; May
lard shade lower and May ribs shade
higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
Evening Silks 2o% Off.

A most opportune event for procur-
ing silks. At Xmas these are most
ideal remembrances for wife or mother
Our entire stock, most exquisite ones
made to smallest-priced, this week, 20
per cent off.
WALKERS STORE.