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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
SOME NEW AMATEURS
Make a Good Impression in Mr. Nc
Carthy's damon and Pythias."

The production of Damon and Pythias''
by a cast made up of amateur talent I'M
der the direction of Mr.. Lawrence A. Nc
Carthy opened the season at the Grand
Opera House last night. The first floor
was well filled and a number Of seats
were sold in the balcony. The audience
was made up largely of members of the
Knights of Pythias lodges, who will re-
ceive the net proceeds of the production,
with their relatives.
Mccarthy had labOred earnestly since his
suited in nothing else, 1t served to bring
into prominent notice two Topeka young
1aoles, lot IhelT Exceptional aO! lIty us
sica Smith and Miss Maude Evans, who
6Q0k ne T0ieS PesRe6 fb ely 3 roe
but they were admirably HANDLED by the
are much more graceful on the stage than
the average amateur, and combine pleas
United states Commissioner George w.
Clark appeared in the character of Ply
friend IN the love scenes Mr. Clark was
not quite as ardent as the Syracuse SOL
are two reasons why Mr.. Clark should
display this fault in the impersonatiOn of
several years since Mr.. Clark engaged in
lOve-making to any extent, and the other
Mr.. Mccarthy showed his familiarity
with the stage in the role of Damon
to manage the stage, coach the different
characters and keep a lookout for the en-
and actions of the piece for the benefit of
the cast between acts. He was probably
the busiest man in Topeka last night.
Miss Edna Carpenter makes a pleasing
Aria and Mr. o. P. M. MCClintOck a
good ''Procles." George Boyle. the small
son of Attorney General Boyle showed
unusual cleverness for child of his age
in the part of 'Orin," "Damon's' son.
The cast presenting the piece was as
follows:
Damon, a Senator. Lawrence A. Mccarthy
Pythias, a Soldier betrOthed to Calan-
the ~, George w Clark
Pb,iistis; resie1t of t5a se A F1sher
Damocles, a NObleman. ..........J NJ. Hill
Procles, Ancient to the King..-.........
.-..-...-............O P. NJ. McClintock
Lucullus, a Slave Mrs. D. McLarty
Calanthe, betrothed to Pvthias.-...-.-..
-...-.....-.-.--.-.-.----M Miss K IS ca Smith
Hermion, Damons Wife Observation-Disclosures.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Miss Maude Evans
Grin, child of Damon
-.......-........... Master George Boyle
Aria, Mother of CaIanthe ................
...................-.M Miss Edna Carpenter
Soldiers of the King-Alex, F. w. Man
lay; Andre, H. o. Evans; Rey Jack Brown;
Titus, o. S. Nayler; Aga, g.. e. Nayler;
Mem, H. A Frederick; Non, G. w. Low
senate3J; A Taggart, j. J. Hoffman,
VIM. Lands, Fred Klinge, Don Holcome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
ROADS ARE UNDER OATH.
Railroad Commission Requires Cotton
Shipments Reported.

Austin, Texas, Sept. 8.-Ihe raAroau
commission is sending out blanks TO all
railroads requiring them under, oath TO
report all cotton shipments Whlch ORG
mated at all stations on it's line or lines
during the twelve months ending June
80 1888, subdividing the shipments by
their destinations and showing FOR eacn
subdivision of shipments the number of
bales of cotton their aggregate weight
in pounds, and the actual rate Of freight
in cents per 100 pounds received by the
reporting company as its revenue II
roads participated in the haul that the
road on which the shipment originated
shall report in cents per 100 pounds the
actual part of the true rate received by
# in division of the same and the ag-
gregate amount of dollars and cents &C
tuaiIy received by it into its revenue
from each class of cotton shipments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
1T WAS A SLAUGHTER.
Dervishes Lost 10000 Killed and
10000 Wounded at omdurman.

London, Sept S.-The British war Of
flee has received a dispatch from Cen
eral Sir Herbert Kitchener, the com
mander of the Anglo Egyptian forces,
dated from Omdurman, saying that
over 500 Arabs, mounted on cameIs. were
dispatched after the fugitive KhaIif
Abdullah. The general added that the
Dervish leader was reported to be NOV
ing with such speed that some of his
wives had been dropped along the road
followed by him.
The sirdar also says:
Officers have been counting the
Dervish bodies on the field and report
that the total number of dead found as
about 1O,S00 From the number of
wounded who have crawIed to the river
and town it is estimated that II, 600 were
wounded. Besides the above between
800 and 400 Dervishes were killed in
Omdurman when the town was taken.
I have as prisoners between three
and four thousand fighting men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

Human Hearts.
Willie Collier in 1.-The Man From
Mexico
Mathews and Bulger.
Miss Francis of Yale.
Down in Dixie.
Belle of the Town.
An American Girl.
Digby Bell in THE Hoosier Doc
tor"
Yon Yonson
Remember the Maine.
Frank Daniels Opera Company.
Dawn of Freedom.
The Redmonds.
The Pulse of Greater New York.
A Trip to Coon Town.
Darkest Russia
Murray and Mack.
The Farley's.
Hoyt's Stranger in New York.
Under the Red Robe.
Night Owls.
Heart of Maryland.
Lost in Siberia.
Town Topics.
Sol Smith Russell.
Shore AcerS.
Tree of knowledge.
Coon Hollow.
Day and a Night.
Joe OFT.
Haverley's Minstrels.
Chattanooga.
Robert Mantell.
Fred Ward, Louis James, Katherine
Kidder
The Bostonians Opera Company.
A Contented Woman.
Under the Dome.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
ESCAPE CUT OFF.
Mutual Insurance Company Tries to
Avoid War Tax.

Washington, Sept. S-A well known
state Insurance company in the west re-
GENTLY wrote to the treasury department
claiming exemption from the war rev.
enue tax on its policies on the ground
that 1t was a. purely mutual fire insur-
ance company carried on by the mem
bers solely for the protection of it's
property and not for profit. The finan-
cial statement of the Company received
at the department shows that the con-
Germ has accumulated a large surplus
and pays large salaries to it's officers
and directors.
The commissioner of internal revenue
IN a letter to the cOmpany's officials ex-
presses the opinion that a concern so
managed cannot fairly claim that it car
RES on business without profit and
therefore it is not entitled to exemption
from the tax on its policies provided for
an schedule IA of the war revenue
bill, but must stamp each policy issued
by it at the rate of one-haIf of one per
cent on each dollar of premium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Kansas State Agricultural College.

One of the Oldest, largest, and best
equipped agricultural colleges in the
United States. Eight principal build
angs. Three hundred and twenty-three
acres of land. Kansas experiment sta
ton Finest college grounds IN the coun-
try Twenty-Five members of the fac
ulty- Twenty assistants and, foremen
IWenty-four student assistants. Over
eight hundred students. Four courses:
agricultural, engineering, household
economics, and general. A dairy school
running from January to March %
1899 No tuition or other fees. Books
supplies and lunches furnished at cost.
Many studens pay their way partially.
some wholly, by their labor. Write for
catalogue.
THOS. E. WILL. President.
Manhattan Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
GRIP FULL OF RINGS.
Supposed to Have Been Stolen From
Clark Hotel

Newton, Sept S.-Some time ago a
gripsack filed with valuable rings was
Stolen from the Clark hotel, this city,
and it's whereabouts has remained
mystery since until yesterday, when
some boys found the grip in the weeds
on the outskirs of town There re-
NAMED a considerable number of the
rings when found. The supposition is
the thief secured about his person as
many of the rings as he desired ana
threw the grip containing the balance
into the weeds from an outgoing train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
12--Big Specialties--12
TIE FAMOUS MIRROR QUARTETTE.
ROUTE.

ROUTE.
Fan City, Neb, December 18th.
HiaWatha, Kansas, December goth.
ST Joe, Mo-, December 21St and 22nd.
IeaVenWorth Kansas, December 23rd.
ottawa, Kansas, December oath.
Topeka, Kansas. December 26th.
Lawrence, Kansas, December 9th.
junction City, Kansas, December 18th.
Slay center. Kansas, December 29th.
Concordia, Kansas, December 30th.
Abilene, Kansas, December 31st.
5allna, Kansas, January 2nd.
Aerr1ngton, Kansas, January 3rd.
Eldorado. Kansas, January 4th.
Newton, Kansas, January 5th.
HUTCHINSON, Kansas, January 9Th.
Mlen1ta, Kansas, January 9TH.
Wellington, Kansas, January 9Th.
WInfeld, Kansas, January 10th.
arkansas City, Kansas, January 11th.
PARSONS, Kansas, January 18th.
F1ttsburg, Kansas, January 18th.
Joplin, Mo-, January 14th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

Washington, Sept. S.-The president has
made the following promotions for distin-
Euished services at Santiago: To be major
generals or volunteers. Brigadier General
Nfl1llam Ludlow and Brigadier General s
p Sumner. To be brigad1er generals, Col
Dnel Richard e. Combs, Fifth infantry
snd Lieutenant Colonel Joseph I, Has
kels Seventeenth infantry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
DR. s. r. NEEDY NAMED.
Fusion Nominee for Legislature
Against F. B. Dawes.

Leavenworth. Sept s.-The Democratic
county central committee has nominated
DR.. S. F. Nicely for the legislature from
the Seventh district. His opponent is F.
B. Dawes. MorrilIS attorney general. Dr.
Nicely served the city as mayor three con-
secutive terms and in the Iegisla ture dur
ing the session that elected PETER sena-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

Paola, Sept. S.-There was frost in
Miami county yesterday morning. At
8 o'clock the mercury stood at 49, the
tember. z, 1875. The frost was very
light, but none the less frost. 1t was
not sufficient to do any damage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Captain PaImer's New Work.

Leavenworth, Sept 8-Captain A F.
Palmer, quartermaster at Fort Leav-
enworth, has been ordered to Santiago
as depot quartermaster. Captain Pal
mer is a yellow fever immune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
FROST IN KANSAS.
Scandal and Paola Have the First
Touch of Winter.

Scandal, Sept. S.-There was a sharp
frost last night. Late corn frozen Dry
weather continues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

SPECIALLY reason of an extraordi-
nary contract made with Mr.. Hilton, by
the Nat. Amusement Co., will appear as
follows:
St. Joe, Mo, October Path.
AtchisOn, Kansas October 25th.
Hiawatha. Kansas, October 26th.
LeavenWorth, Kansas, October 9th.
Ottawa, Kansas, October 18th.
Topeka, Kansas, October 18th.
Lawrence, Kansas, October 31st.
Manhattan, Kansas, November 1st-
Clay Center, Kansas, November End.
Junction City, Kansas, November 3rd.
Abilene, Kansas November 4, h.
Salina, Kansas, November 9Th.
Lyons, Kansas, November 1th.
Hutchinson, Kansas, November Sth.
Newton, Kansas, November 9Th.
Wichita, Kansas, November 10th.
Winfield, Kansas, November 11th.
Arkansas City. Kansas. NoYember 18th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
a q 5s" Many Special Features

The Great and Only Pan Pipe
Singers.
The Beautiful and Bewitching
ChanSOnettes.
Three Vashti Sisters.
The Musical F1arveI Herbert
Simon.
The Dancing Spirit La Celeste in
Pas Sent, ETC., etc.
Revels of the SyIphs.
Chant of the Gnomes.
Dance of the Wooden Shoon.
The Fete of COmus.
Grand Musical Finale. ETC., etc.
''Get Your Moneys Worth. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

Supported by a Superb Company of Ar
fists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

Tt is with pleasure that we announce
to the theater- going patrons of our
Kansas Circuit that we have secured
as an opening attraction for many of
our theaters the powerful actor NEW
TON BEERS, in his great lyric and
scenic success LOST IN LONDON"
This masterpiece of melodrama will be
presented with ALL its new Scenery,
Costumes, and Mechanical Effects, ex-
actly as it was originally produced and
played for 100 Nights in Chicago and
New York City. The play will be pre-
sented by the same company as APP
pear in the largest cities which follow
Mr.. Beers Kansas tour Lost in Lon
dom needs no comment. AS presented
by Mr.. Beers cage cannot wither nor
time stale it's infinite variety"
Respectfully yours,
L. NJ. CRAWFORD.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02
A Great Book Free!

When DR.. r. V. Pierce, Of Buffalo, N.
T., published the first edition OF his great
work, The Peoples Common Sense Medi-
cal Adviser, he announced that after ESQ.,
900 copies had been sold at the regular
price, $3.50 per copy, the profit on which
would repay him for the great amouns of
labor and money expended in producing it,
he would distribute the next half million
free. as this number of copies has already
been sold, he is now giving away, ahso-
lutely free, 100000 copies Of thus nCss
complete, interesting and valuable COM
mon sense medical work ever published
the recipient only being required to mail
to him, at above address, twenty one (21)
one-cent stamps, to cover cost of mailing
only, and the book will be sent post. paid.
1t is a veritable medical library, complete
in one volume. Contains 1908 pages, pro-
fusely illustrated. The Free Edition is
precisely the same as that sold at $l.50
except only that the books are in strong
MANILA paper covers instead OF cloth
Send NOW before all are given away.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02
APRIL.
WING OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 90.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for Hasty
PeruSal by Busy Rea erS.

The acreage of strawberries in the
vicinity OF Bridgeyile is greater than any
other vicinity on the Peninsula. prom
inent farmer says with good yield OF ber-
ries this season, from twenty to twenty
five cars of the fruit will be shipped from
that station daily.
Efforts are being made to secure a tele-
phone system for Middletown to connect
with the system which is now in successful
operation in the lower part OF the state.
The necessary stock has been subscribed,
it is stated, and it is expected that work
will be commenced in short time.
During the year 1897 three thousand
six hundred and twenty. eight tramps were
lodged and fed at the Hartford county aims
house. In addition to these, a large num-
Der were fed and cared for at the county
jail. What pity they could not have
been employed fixing the roads,
S r. Downes, Esq, residing in Queen
Anne's county, has two lambs whose moth
ers died soon after birth. For time Mr..
Downes was perplexed to know what to do
with them, but finally discovered he had a
COW that had become attached to these Or
phans and was willing to act as a mother
towards them The lambs are now of good
size, and seem to be proud OF their adopted
mother.
Edward Hayes, n 10-year-old colored
boy, was found lying along the public road
near Middletown on Saturday by Joseph
Hadman, farmer. The boy was uncon-
scious and bleeding from several wounds
about the head. He was sent to Farm
hurst, where thirty-fou stitches were put
in his head. When he regained conscious
ness he said he was cut with razor by a
MiddletOwn negro. He will recover. His
assailant has not been arrested.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02
THE j. C AVER COMPANY'S
JUBILEE.
Seml-Centennial of Famous Advertis-
Ing COncern-Fifty Years of
Cures Celebrated In Fine
Style at Lowell.

The event was the happy thought suc.
cessfully carried out, OK Alfred f.. Rose,
the hrainy manager and treasurer Of the
Aver company, and its impress upon those
who participated in its unbounded pleasures
will glow across memory's horizon when
contemporary events have gone in the mists
Of years to the aforementioned past.
The gathering OF the employees was
looked forward to with keenest anticipation
by all, but even the most rxpectant ad-
mitted with enthusiastic Ger iainly that the
affair was beyond their fondest hopes.
Never have capital and labor joined hands
so faternally in the history OF Lowell e
great business enterprise, and seldom will
they again until such examples as this
shall have pointed out the solution OF the
great labor problem.
Mr. Rose, the intelligent, energetic, and
ambitious manager Of the ]. c. Aver COM
pany, suggested the jubilee short time
ago, and the directors entered heartily into
the spirit Of the affair, and Immediately
elaborate arrangements we're begun for the
recent event.
The event was to mark the fact that
after fifty years OF existence through per-
iod oft blighted by business depression.
and financial panics, the Ayers sarsapar-
lila company had come out 'the leader OF
all, and it marked the event indelibly.
In the whole establishment there are
from three to four hundred employees. 1t
is worthy Of note that many OF these have
been in the employ OF the concern during
almost their whole lives. The aggregate
length OF service Of three men who recently
occupied positions in the establishments
amounted to one hundred years. and many
of them have been twenty years or more in
the service Of the company.
OF course, in a business Of this nature.
no inconsiderable attention must be given
to the advertising department.. DR.. Aver
always believed in the value Of printers
ink" and used it vigorously and efrec-
lively. A department Of the great Office is
devoted to newspaper advertising, under
the management OF L. E. Pullen.
Contracts are now running with nearly
eight thousand papers and magazines, and
the number will shortly be increased to
about ten thousand. A very elaborate sys-
tenn is observed, which detects wrong in
sertion in any one Of these multitudinous
papers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02
PHILADELPHIA DIV

Daily. Sunday only. Except Sunday.
Stops on signal or notice to conductor
stops to let OFT passengers.
All trains leave Philadelphia from b. & o.
Depot, Gath and Chestnut streets; and Camden
Station, Baltimore.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02

Buying Agents Wanted.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02
Wanted.

Raw Furs and Skins, such as Skunk, Musk
rat, Otter, Mink, Raccoon, Oppossum, etc.,
y 'n0 PROVIDENCE FUR co..,
Providence, II. ].
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-04-02

Order the CECIL WIG for 1898.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-10-22
Commissioner Bowers.

Speaking editorially, the New
York Mail and Express has the fol-
lowing to say concerning a we'll
known West Virginian and his work
1.-The story of the remarkable de-
velopment of the United States Fish
Commission, told in another column,
is one which ought to interest both
fishers for sport and fishers for gain.
The usefulness of the work of the
commission is becoming each year
better recognized by the people, and
it will eventually, we hope, be ade-
quately recognized by Congress.
The summary of last years work
shows that the propagation and dis
irritation Of food fishes was more ex-
tensiye than in any previous year,
the number OF fish Matched and dis
tributed having beer 500, zoo, GIT, as
against sos, I44, o42 in 1867. New
hatcheries have been established in
different parts OF the country as cen
tiers of distribution, there being now
thirty.three hatcheries in nineteen
States. The extension of the salmon
Matching on the Pacific coast has es-
pecially attracted the attention of the
commissioner and has been attended
with very gratifying results. Com
missioner George M. Bowers has
proved great disappointment to
those men and newspapers who so
bitterly opposed his appointment be-
fore it was made, and criticised it
after it was made. He has faithfully
applied himself to the duties Of his
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-10-22
Read and Be Convinced.

Wheeler has told the truth and we
all know it. He is no mercenary
whose future depends on his trade,
and he is not so much of politician
that he can forget his country for his
party. His experience eminently
qualities him to speak with authority
and he will be believed as our modern
St. George who has scotched the snake
and relieved the nation of the incubus
of the horrible in the time OF its ut
most need. Read what Wheeler says
before the committee of investigation
and be convinced that lesser men may
be still. FLORIDA Times Union (Dem. }
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-10-22
Dewey's Politics.

In the speeches made at Syracuse
and on the platform the New York
Democracy attempts to assume for the
Democratic party all of the glories OF
the war and to cast upon the Republi-
cans reproach for alleged incompet-
ence- 1t is a fact that almost every
Democrat in New York state is OF the
opinion that George Dewey is a Dem
ocrat, notwithstanding the assurance
of his brother that he is even more
than Republican. for he was, in his
younger days, almost in sympathy
with the Abolitionists, and that he
had unvaryingly supported the Re-
publican party, although, owing to
his vocation, he did not often have
opportunity to vote.
Those who were in Washington at
the time of Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tration could have informed the DEM
ocrats of New York that Dewey was
practically shelved, because it was pre-
sumed that he was an ardent Repub-
llcan. Philadelphia Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-10-22
No. IA
THAT CIRCULAR.
HOW IT Is VIEWED IN GRAFTON
Where the circumstances are Uuder-
stood Repudiated by all the
Leading q. A. K. Men in
Taylor County.

aaytoE @ouuty.
Grafton Sentinel
We understand that the Leeds
Nigh circular which purpofts to be
formal declaration of Reno Post No. 7,
G. A. r., of this town, and which was
printed and circulated all over the
country year ago, is in press again
and is now being sent to G. A. r.
men in this Congressional district.
This circular which Is made MP Of
charges against DIR. Vankirk, one of
the members Of the pension board APP
pointed under the present administra-
ton, and general denunciation of
Congressman Dayton for allowing DIR.
Vankirk to stay on the board, has
been repudiated by ali the leading O.
A. X. men in this county. Even the
Reverend ID. M. Simonton, whose
name is used in the circular TO prove
the charges alleged against DIR. Van
kirk, is strong supporter of Mr.. Day
ton. Mr.. Simonton favored his re-
nomination and is supporting him
now. Such prominent and influential
@. A. r.. men as Capt w II. Morgan,
X. L. Phillips, Senator Gramm, and
hosts Of others we might name are
earnest and active supporters Of Mr..
Dayton. They are making no war
on our representative because he did
not have DR.. Vankirk removed. The
fact is. DIR. Vankirk is physician OF
high standing and an honorable
citizen, He practices in the best of
families of the community, and acts
always from conscientious motives,
We are fully warranted in saying that
there is not fairer or better pension
examining board in the state than the
present board in this county. 1t is
nothing but just to DIR. Vankirk to
say that he would be far above using
his position as a member of the board
to wrong single soldier, and there
are scores of old soldiers in this and
other counties who will attest to his
fairness and who will say they have
no complaint to make against him.
These circulars are doing no harm
here where the circumstances are
understood, and we believe that so tar
as the rest Of the district is concerned
Col, McGraw could use his money to
better advantage than by circulating
these circulars-or if not having it
done at his instance. at least putting
up for the job.