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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-21

Of $500 bushels for the week
Forecast For Kansas partly cloudy to-
Northwestern receipts: This year. Min
neap polls 419 cars. Duluth II cars. total L
~ cars last year. Minneapolis 643 ears.
Ol1uln ~ cars. toIaI So cars
chicago receipts today Wheat 237 cars.
grade 3 cars; corn AZ cars, grade Bog cars;
oats 10 cars. grade Is cars
Liverpool Wheat I'd lower, corn Id lower.
Liverpool, second cable; Wheat ssd
Receipts Of hogs: Chicago. s4Oo0. steady.
hansas city, 1900, steady; Omaha s,Ooo.
Receipts Of cattle: Chicago. 4.5B0. steady:
kansas City, 5,e00 steady; Omaha, 400.
New York: It cannot be said that auv
new element was introduced yesterday in
TO the general Investment situation The
OF France was merely a continuance OF
the recent manifest tendency in the for
The advance in price of wheat coupled
VII the heavy engagements for export was
oILiIy Z repetlJlon OF recent movements IN
me = LS14u ma +Aels- me price OF money
IN Wall street was not affected by frner
discounts abroad, nor did the foreign ex-
change make due response The local
speculation, while duI. actually develop
ed strength in the face of the depression
s1ofoad. 45tnoqgn the volume OF business
was small Until European war clouds
are dIsstpa ted, New YORK fnanciers ara
not Ike!y % encourage an exLravagant
SPECULATION in securities or anything else.
Little viii be found in yesterdays sDecu-
lation indicative OF a permanent tendency
stock market was the small impression
made on prices by the continued selling
ties IN this country are holding them with
confidence in continued returns on their
investment.
Exports four ports: Wheat and Hour
equal to SIS 600 bushels; corn, is, go bush
Chicago: Estimated receipts for tomor-
row: " heat. 200 cars corn. 100 cars, oats
$50 cars. hogs, 5000 head
Of stock
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TODAY'S MARkET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal

chicago Oct Il.
WHEAT-The collapse in Liverpool ca
bles today, where the war scare seemed 70
be less acute, caused q drop Of nearly
cent in wheat prices here at the opening
amounted to practically nothing and re-
ceIptS in the northwest were enormous. l.
sno1ffne- d3V a xssr seo Trsdsrs gen
orally sold and longs were inclined to dis
pose Of their property while they had a
prO1E l6EL In consequence OF THIS De
cenber. which opened @Qfsc lower at SOS
axe. was forced down to sc About this
time Nfnnea polls sent extra VACANT reports
toba and other sections OF the northwest
on account Of the recent long continued
nouncemenr developed sent the price OF
December up to size. but the market
would not hold and soon fell back again
TO oi1sc- kteceiptS mere were liSht only
235 cars. of which 3 graded contract
CORN-The break in wheat and lower
cables carried corn down from yesterdays
there was large amount Of selling on
lower at S2G321sc declined to 31Js6s2c, ad-
yanced to 3214 C. then reacted 10 315sC-
OATS-Lhe slump IN corn ana wheat az
fected oats at the start There was a
good demand. however, from the country
and the price was not allowed to suffer
materially. Nay began &c down at 7414c,
sold off TO z41kc. then recovered 10 241&c-
PRONISIONS-PrOViS early suffered
from the weakness in grains and lack of
speculative demand Later in the day
prevailing and bought heavily. sending the
market up near Yesterdays high point
January pork opened nc lower at $3.50
and advanced to $3.50 January lard began
sc down at S5-12l2. declined to S5-10- then
rose to Sis January ribs started sc of
at 81 S21z. sold down to $3.50, then held
BARLEX-Cash, 56G45c-
RYE-OcCOber. SIC. Nay. 1870.
-F'LAxx-Cash norrtthEwes5tern, 99c; October,
95s4c. Deem Der 9614c, May, CSC.
TI1OTHY -OctOber, 1925
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FIRE CHIEFS OPPOSE 1T.
Organize a Fight Against Bill to Lift
Tax Against Insurance Companies

St Louis Oct N-The fire chiefs held
an early session today. converting at a
m al the Planters hotel A committee
was APPOINTED to nominate officers for the
ensuing year At clock the v1slttng
chiefs with their wives and families visit
ed the Chain OF Rocks water works
Before going there was a fight between
Syracuse. y Y. and Columbus. o, 1or
the convention of 1899. and an effort On the
part of the Ohio delegates 70 force the
issue provoked no little discussion NO
choice has been made yet
Lawrence Clark editor Of the F1rerneC s
Herald presented an amendment to the
PIatt bill recently before congress. which
simulated in effect that the tax against
insurance companies be lifted IN all sta teS-
a committee of three was appointed TO
watch the bill and take necessary steps 70
prevent its passage with the oOIOXl0uS
features If resurrected II congress-
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NEW GAS WORKS.
Sudden Activity in Building a Bigger
and Better Works

Work viii be commenced Monday
morning on a new gas plant by the
present gas company The first thing
70 be done VIII be the tearing down OF
the old botting works just north of the
present gas plant on Monroe street. The
gas company has purchased a tract Of
land $50 feet square and upon this will
be IOCa ted q gas holder larger than the
fa6eraI building which will hold a quar-
ter OF million cubic feet OF gas or
over four times the capacity OF the
holder now in use.
The contract for building the holder
has been awarded to the Bartlett Hay
ward company OF Baltimore and the To
peka managers refuse to say what the
contract price is but it is believed to be
in the ueighbOrhOOd Of $50. 600 The old
holder and buildings Will not be dis
rurbed now but the new holder viii be
used to simply increase the capacity OF
the plant The holder will be 50 feet il
diameter and IS feet high It viii be
what is known as q telescope" holder
and the tank viii be made of steel
The construction OF this new holder is
only the preliminary work to more ex-
pensive improvement 1t will be COM
pleued before winter and then viii COM
mence a general system OF charging
the entire plant Eight and ten inch
ones Mains viii be laid to reach pOr-
tons Of the city which have never en-
1oyed the advanta geS Of gas and before
the work is completed the company ex-
poets to expeud at least s5o, 600
The work is being done with some
show of secrecy and just what viii hap
pen after the work has been completed
is q matter Of conjecture but It is safe
to say that the company Will make a
material reduction in gas rates. The
Topeka managers refuse TO say any
thing about that now but they say
wait and see If we do not keep our
promise"
The promise alluded to was made to
the city council c. K Holiday Jr.,
speaking for General Manager Brady
told the council that If they would be
patient there would be no reason to
complain about gas rates This was
when the city council was considering
a plan TO reduce the gas rates over the
protest OF the company. Mr.. Holiday
said today that the promised improve
ments had been delayed by the war but
that they viii be made as promised and
that the promise made by Manager
Brady would also be kept
The capacity Of the present plant is
but 10000 cubic feet, and the improve
ments which will be commenced Mon
day viii raise this capacity 10 over 800 -
Goo This means that il viii be ueces-
sary to make many extensions of the
gas mains in order to consume this in
crease in gas.
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4 TRAINING SCHOOL.
Suggested for Those Who are to Ad-
minister Affairs IN New Territory.

Washington. Oct. 21-A high official
in the state department calls attention
to the necessity Of finding a suitable
corps OF bright young men, well versed
in the Spanish language, to assist IN
the execution of the colonial policy
which has been imposed on the nation
as a result OF the war.
He points to the difficulties encoun-
tered by the American officials, naval
and military, who went TO the Philip
pines, Cuba and Porto Rico, in dealing
with the inhabitants of those islands
Clashes might easily arise and serious
isagreemeuts could be expected to fol-
low from a failure on the part OF the
governments agents to learn the feel
ings Of the people whose affairs they
were to administer. This condition was
encountered at Cavite, early in the
United States military occupation and
the relations between the military and
the insurgents might have been more
satisfactory had the Americans been
well acquainted with the Spanish man
ners and customs
The official suggested that the time
was ripe for some leading educational
institution to provide special courses
that would furnish the government with
trained agents in case Of need. as well
as develop a class of enterprisinS COM
merciaI agents who would be or value
IN developing colonial trade
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M. e. FROST'S HANDS.
Santa Fe Land Department Abolish
ed as Predicted

The official circular confirming the an
uouncement made in the State Journal
some time since that the santa Re land
department. would be abolished has been
received in this city. The santa te
company will cease to be dealer IN
lands on November L
on that date all lands now in posses
sion OF the santa Fe will pass into the
control of Mr. John E Frost the pres
ent land commissioner. While Mr. Frost
Will handle the property exactly as he
has handled It during the many years
he has been land commissioner OF the
road, the company will no longer be d1-
rectIy Identified with the land business
Mr. Frost VIII control the lands as an
individual, simply accounting to the
company.
In this way the company hopes to do
away with all prejudice which may have
resulted from its competition in the land
AL
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RETIRING JUDGE FOSTER.
Strong Element nj Republican Party
Desires the Place for W. G. Hook


There is a new chapter in the efforts
to have Judge Foster retired as judge
of the United States district court, and
TO secure the appointment of W c.
Hook, Of LeayenWOrth, Senator Bakers
law partner, to succeed him. Several
months ago Cyrus Leland, Jr-. went to
Washington to get a bill through con-
gress to retire Judge Foster, and to get
President Mckinley 10 appoint Mr.
Hook instead Of Judge Peters, of New
ton. who seemed. at that time, the
probable candidate for the place Le-
lands efforts were not successful. how
ever. and now a new plan IS being tried
About four weeks ago, IL is stated.
at a meeting of the Republican state
executive committee a petition was
presented for the signatures of the
members of the committee. asking the
Judge Foster. whenever the latter should
retire from the federal bench The petit
ton was drawn up by Frank Brown,
secretary of the Republican state CEN
tral committee. and il was with the IN
Outstanding that Hook would appoint
Brown as clerk Of the court when he Sc
cures the iudgeship-
The petition caused considerable com
ment among the members Of the COM
mittee, but the entire committee of If
teen members signed IL with two ex-
AIuIvane of Topeka and Dell Valentine,
editor Of the Clay Center Times
2Iessrs- MuIvane and Valentine re-
fused 70 give their adherence TO the
scheme and their refusal caused q
strained feeling between them and the
Leland faction.
As soon as the petition had secured
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COMMISSIONERS PLEASED
That They Didn't Find What They
Were Looking For

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct 21-The war
investigating committee, concluded its
labor at Jacksonville last night and
shortly after 10 o'clock left Jacksonville
for Atlanta expecting to take up busi-
ness there. The commissioners have
spent four days in Jacksonville This
being the first OF the camps to be wish
ted it has been awarded somewhat more
OF time than will be given to other
points with the possible exception Of
Chickamauga-
pleased with the result of their lab0rs
here They have naturally met with
complaints, but these have generally
dealt with mparatively uufmpoTeant
points and in very few if any cases
have they indicated neglect or culpab bic
Acknowledgement Generally one private
or non-cOmuissioned officer from each
regiment has been called and IN many
cases more than one In the case of en-
listed men they were selected at ran
dom, the commissioners merely asking
that men be sent to them without any
specification Of the purpose for which
they were connected. They have with
out exception said that they were re-
ceiving enough to eat and wear There
were occasional com plants of defects
in clothing or q request for a greater
variety of food, but in no instance has
a spirit Of fault finding been developed
among this class of witnesses IN some
cases q deficiency Of supplies al the be
ginning of the camps history was
shown. and there has been more or less
tainted meat received by the men, but
it was agreed by all the witnesses that
first condition was due to the conges-
ton at Tampa and the latter to the eli
mate.
Gen McCook and Col. Saxton have
returned from their investigation Of
conditions at Tampa. They found that
the congestion that occurred at that
point at the beginning OF the war was
due to the fact that cars were shipped
from all over the country without be
ing labelled and without forwarding
bills Of 1ading.
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the signatures Of as many OF the com
mittee as would sign it. the Leaveu-
worth Times came out with a demand
that Judge Foster resign in order TO
give place TO some Younger and more
vigorous man. The Times argued that
the cases were piling up on the court
docket because Judge Foster was I'M
able TO attend TO his duties as judge.
and ne owed It TO the judiciary as well
as to the litigants in his court TO re
sign
It IS stated that the refusal Of Mr.
AIuIvane to sign Hooks petition IS one
cause of the bringing OF the suit against
him and the Topeka Capital company
by Cyrus Leland and Ex-Governor Nor
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CROWDS VISIT HIN.
The Afflicted; the Curious and the
Incredulous Call on Johnstone.

Paul Alexander tombstone is not only
reading palms but he is also perform
ing some uarvels in the way of cures
The afflicted come to him from all parts
Of the state and many of his patients
are scattered throughout the union The
Wells Fargo and the Pacific Express
companies make calls nearly every day
for remedies that go from Maine 10
California As a diagnOstician Prof
tombstone is celebrated and as an au-
thority on the nerve structure he stands
almost alone.
Prof tombstone makes no additional
fee for diagnosing your physical eond1-
ton This is included in every life read
ing His fee is 800, excepting when
the reading is written. then the fee Is
500. All mail queries should be &C
comuanied with return postage The
rooms ara SO Harrison street and they
close promptly at s O'Clock at night
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HER HANDS IN THE DOUGH.
Mrs. John ". Leedy's Joke on the
Football Player.
TFrom the Kansas City World.I

When Governor John ". Leedy NOV
ed to Lawrence. in the spring Of 1887,
after his election, one of his first call
ers, if not his first. was c. a. Burney, a
Kansas City, Kan, attorney, who was
then attending the state university.
Burney was manager OF the football
team at the time.
There was some talk of a bill. that
wear. for the adjustment of football, ,"
said Burney. and the governors NOV
ing to Lawrence gave US an opportunity
to do a little work. as We thought It
was the second day after the arrival Of
the Leedy family that I was delegated
to go down to his house and arrange
for the whole football team TO visit
them Well. did 60 down I saw part
of the household goods out in the front
yard. A rap at the front door failed to
get a response. I neandered back to the
kitchen door II was open A good
natured looking woman was mixing
dough Good morning, ma am said
g Good morning she replied
" May I have an audience with Gov
ernor Leedy2'
% Veil, may I see Mrs Leedy2'
g You may
81 wen. I should like to see her
- We'll. here she is See her if you
want to-
1T was Mrs. Leedy. and she appre-
ciated the situa ton, fully" said Bur
uey. Z felt embarrassed, but when she
invited me IN ana talked some about
her cooking, I felt perfectly at home
arranged for the football team to visit
the governor. and his wife and we did
On my second call. Mrs Leedy said she
had something to say to me, and she
laughed I told hsT TO say it and say il
quick Well she went on, when you
came here the other day and mistook
me for the cook. I thought you were the
grocery boy, so the jokes are about
even Then they all laughed. and I
concluded that they were
The Leedys are mighty fine people
added MI. Burney.
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CARNEGIE HAS SPOKEN.
He is Violently Opposed to Territorial
Expansion

New York Oct. 21--Andrew Carnegie,
Just back from Europe, said in an in
terview today
IF the United States is going to
undertake the government of the Phil
fppines and go in for expansion through
cut the world. putting her hand in the
hornets nest Of European rivalry. there
can be no prosperous business We
shall be subject to wars and wars
alarms
Business is the child Of security and
peace The entrance of the United
States as a new power in the far east
viii set every one Of the present powers
to a study OF the question from a new
increase our navy We must pay for a.
large standing army and there IS neither
rest nor security for Us. Before the
American people comes now the most
serious issue since the issues OF
Independence and secession a false
step now and the future Of the republic
VIII In my opinion. be seriously i'm
paired and It's Industrial career re-
tarded"
You do not think that territorial ex-
pansion will bring expansion in trade %
he was asked
No. not by any means The develop
nent OF one state in the union III peace
and security Will outweigh all the IN
crease OF profit We can get from foreign
trade in any Of the worthless posses
stons which we can attempt now to take
The Philippines have a certain trade
which can not be greatly increased the
wants of the people are few: barbarians
are no customers. civilized people are
consumers OF our products"
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Chicago Livestock Market


HOGsEstfnnated receipts for today, 81
coo. left over, S,s52, Market slow Zl2Q5c
lower. Workers. $3.50: lights, s. 5oF , 80;
mixed. 8 55G3-sT1s heavy, So 45a53-975s;
rough g. 45II3-55-
CATTL@Receipts $500. including 200
westerns. Westerns and stockeFs lower
Beeves. S4G5-76; cows and heifers, s2G4- .:
Texas steers. 3 soI4; westerns, $3-6014-55
stockers and feeders s3T4-5o.
SHEEP-Receipts, 1900 Best sheep
steady, others weak. Native sheep, $40
Yesterdays official:
HOGS-Receipts. S2.797. shipments, 5.454
CATFLE-Receipts 1880; shipments, A.
SHEEP-ReceIpts. 1884; shipments ss9.
Estimated receipts Of hogs for tOmor-
row 25,Go0.
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DEACONESSES ADJOURN
After Electing Officers and Adopting
a Constitution.

St Louis, Oct. 1.-THE conference Of
deaconesses which has been in session
in this city for several days past has
adjourned. after selecting Indiana polls
as the next place Of meeting and elect
ing the following officers:
President. Rev. c. Schild, Of Buffalo,
n. Y; vice president, Rev. c. E Hitler.
of Louisville, Ky; secretary, Rev. H
". Hortsch, of Cincinnati, o. treasurer,
Mr.. Kramer, of Indianapolis, Ind.
Although the conference was the fifth
annual one which has been held by the
deaconesses, a constitution was adopted
for the first time. The name chosen for
the association is the Protestant Con-
ference of DeacOnesses in the United
States of America All denominations
are admitted to Membership.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral OF DR.. D. H. Dickinson
took place this afternoon from 400 Kan
sas avenue under the auspices OF To-
peka Post Il. G. a r
Gustav Johnson, aged 81, died this
morning at the home of the family.
III West Fourth street The funeral
viii take place Sunday afternoon at ?
o'clock from the house
Ellen B France, COlored. died this
morning at her home On Hancock street.
The funeral viii take place Sunday at
O'Clock from the Baptist church on
First and Madison streets.
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Kansas City Produce Market

ha1saS Ctty, CCt- Il
WHEAT-Lower, rather slow. No. l
hard, 65G66c; No 2 631zlI651zc; No 3 591z9e
SIC: No 2 red. Sc. No. 3, 6Sc; No
spring. 62d64c- No 3, Sc
CORN-LOWer. dull. No mixed. Z954
7sBc. No white, 2s4zc: No 3, 2SI29c-
CATSHigher, fairly active No
white, Z5lz5izc-
RYE-Ffrrn- No 2. sic.
HAY-steady. Choice timothy, 50. 1907;
Butt ER-Steady. Separator, 2e@zzc;
dairy. 16c.
FGG+F-frrn- Fresh. 15c.
Receipts of wheat AS cara
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New York Money Market

New YORK. oct Il
MONET-Mouey on call nominaly 2a51z
per cent; mercantile paper, 3AQ4 per cent:
Sterling exchange firm, with actual bust
ness in bankers bills a 81 $40 GAS for de-
mand and 81 SZfd4 S31t for 50 days; posted
rates. Sass and Sass: commercial bills,
81 Se4
LVER-Silver certificates, 6GdS1c; bar
silver. 6014C: Mexican dollars 45azc.
BONDS-CzOverume bonds steady IS,
1e52a new 4s, registered, 1851, coupon,
1z724 As 110Is- coupon. u1A- Is. 98la; IS,
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BURNS IN A CIRCLE.
Fire Breaks Out in Chicago-Virdsn
Coal Mines.

St Louis, Oct. PA special to the
Post Dispatch from Virdeu, Ill. says q
serious fire is raging in the shaft OF the
Chfca go Virden Coal company there.
This mine is surrounded by a stOckade
and is the one about which there has
been so much trouble and loss Of life
recently
The IRE is a kind that burns in q cir
Gle so their fire boss. John Crouch says.
and unless heroic means are applied at
once. It Will result in damage 10 the
mine.
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THIS is OMNIBUS.

London, Oct IA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
Portsmouth says the British admiralty
has issued orders that no dock yard re-
pairs are TO be commenced upon ships
Of the reserve squaGrons unless they
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News From Major Marchand

Paris. Oct 21-Captain Baratier Of
Major Marchand's expedition on his ar
rival at Cairo with the report for the
French government said the mission
had not lost an officer or a soldier. He
added that the health Of all the mem
bers Of the party was very good and
that revictualIing on the march was
easy.
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LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs. E. s. Robinson is canvassing
Topeka for the History OF Our Var
with Spair.'r by Henry B. Russell. pub
Iished by A D. Worthington & Co.
We deliver your Coal IN time Of storm
when you most need it
DAVIS & NICHOLSON.
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HOGSEReceipts, y 0Ge Market weak to
Sc lower Bulk of sales % 6aF5f3. 10 heav-
les s. 6013-75: packers. IS 521AfT3- 70: mixed
and lights So 519I 3-6llas yOrkers,S3 s5E3- 671z
pigs SsT360-
SHEE-F-ReceIpts. 1900. Market steady.
Lambs, $4G5-Z53 muttons, So. 25E42 Is
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New York: Standard Oil company buy
ing St Paul
Chicago Here is a good place to buy
wheat 70c Will look cheap IN a Few days
Minneapolis stocks viii show a decrease
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Kansas City livestock Market.

Kansas City, Oct. n
CATTL4E-Receipts- 500 Best steady.
others weak Native steers, S3.Z5a95-40;
Texas steers, 3 $50 4s0s Texas cows, 81 70
ass. native cows and heifers, $1,000 IS :
st0ckers and feeders, 81 s5Q4. %; bulls. $3.50
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We always please our
Customers.
DAVIS & NICHOLSON.
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Frank Long WIN Serve

You an excellent dinner next Sunday
for a quarter.